Why Kool Aid? If you’re new to dyeing, there is no quicker, easier, safer or more reliable introduction than immersion dyeing wool with Kool Aid.
Yesterday, I had a couple of friends round for a day of dyeing experiments. I have spent the last few weeks procuring and preparing. It was very hard to resist dipping into the supplies until the big day. We had a range of dyes at our disposal; natural dye extracts, Procion acid dyes, Kool Aid and onion [...]
Broadcasts from Stitch Up land have been thin on the ground in recent months, not least because I’ve acquired not one, but two new bikes, and I’ve been out out enjoying the Great British summer on them! However, I’ve still managed to get a fair bit of knitting done and had great success with Kool [...]
I’ve always been put off dyeing yarn because my experience of dyeing fabric is that it’s either expensive (with machine dyes) or messy (with immersion dyes). However, the temptation to dye my new silk tops for spinning was just too great: enter the Kool Aid. Kool Aid is a disgustingly artificial powdered drink from the [...]
