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every time i think of you, i dye a litte
and man, is it fun!
i have made my first foray into kool-aid (or more properly, drink mix) dyeing, and found it to be very easy, and much fun.
i was much impressed with mr. meddler's multiple-mason jar method (and the alliteration is irresistible), and (since i wanted to compare and contrast effects of various colors), was determined to try it. so yesterday, i rummaged through my recycling pile and various cabinets, found some jars, put them in the dishwasher to free them of pickle-juice residue, and went out to do my errands, anticipating an afternoon of dyeing...only to come home many hours later to find there had been a power failure in my absence, and the dishes were unwashed. (i know that there was a power failure and the dishwasher hadn't just gone on strike because the new appliances flash 'pf' instead of '12:00'...although it took me a few minutes to figure out what 'pf' meant). so i reset all the clocks, set the dishwasher going again, and decided i couldn't contain my impatience. so i decided to try the microwave and pyrex baking dish method.
when i bought the drink mixes, i found that in addition to kool-aid, a disney-produced drink mixed called 'cool splashers' was available...and a few pennies cheaper. so i bought a selection of each. i also provided myself with a couple of skeins of bare super-wash yarn from knit-picks. these are 100 gr skeins, about 4 oz, so i used 4 packets/skein. for the first batch, i used cool splasher's cherry:( the pictures are here )
well, i was so taken with the process that i decided to do the second hank today, this time using the canning jars. i decide to stick with using the microwave to cook them, though, because it was so fast. this time, i decided to compare the two mixes directly.
( more pictures )
i have made my first foray into kool-aid (or more properly, drink mix) dyeing, and found it to be very easy, and much fun.
i was much impressed with mr. meddler's multiple-mason jar method (and the alliteration is irresistible), and (since i wanted to compare and contrast effects of various colors), was determined to try it. so yesterday, i rummaged through my recycling pile and various cabinets, found some jars, put them in the dishwasher to free them of pickle-juice residue, and went out to do my errands, anticipating an afternoon of dyeing...only to come home many hours later to find there had been a power failure in my absence, and the dishes were unwashed. (i know that there was a power failure and the dishwasher hadn't just gone on strike because the new appliances flash 'pf' instead of '12:00'...although it took me a few minutes to figure out what 'pf' meant). so i reset all the clocks, set the dishwasher going again, and decided i couldn't contain my impatience. so i decided to try the microwave and pyrex baking dish method.
when i bought the drink mixes, i found that in addition to kool-aid, a disney-produced drink mixed called 'cool splashers' was available...and a few pennies cheaper. so i bought a selection of each. i also provided myself with a couple of skeins of bare super-wash yarn from knit-picks. these are 100 gr skeins, about 4 oz, so i used 4 packets/skein. for the first batch, i used cool splasher's cherry:( the pictures are here )
well, i was so taken with the process that i decided to do the second hank today, this time using the canning jars. i decide to stick with using the microwave to cook them, though, because it was so fast. this time, i decided to compare the two mixes directly.
( more pictures )