On the knitting list that I am on, knitting-chicks on yahoo groups, there’s been a recent thread about dying yarn with koolaid. So I decided to try it for myself.

In my large pot, a 4 qt pot, I put some water and salt and several packets of koolaid. I was using a sythetic yarn, so the hot water would help instead of hurting. The yarn came out a nice shade of pink, and not the purple that the dye water was. I liked the pink, kind of a muted/dusty pink, so much. I thought, that’s the shade of pink I am wanting for a quilt block swap I am in on another list. So I went and grabbed some muslin fabric that I had and stuck it in the dye bath too! I allowed both the yarn and the fabric to sit in the dye untill they had reached the shade I wanted.

I put the yarn and the fabric into the clothes dryer to dry. It’s still drying right now, and may take another couple of times before getting fully dried. I’ll post tomorrow and let you know the results.