I've never tried Kool-aid. You can dye wool in room temp water with
Procion MX dyes.
Sylvia Rognstad
Divinity Designs and Emeralds
http://www.d-e-designs.com
On May 22, 2007, at 5:54 PM, monica spence wrote:
Believe it or not Kool-aide works as a dye on wool. I saw it at the
New
York State fair a long time ago. Thre colors are bright! I am sure that
using a mordent would make it more colorfast. That is all I know. Maybe
someone here knows more.
Monica
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Subject: [h-cost] How to dye a sweater
Any advice on how to dye an ivory colored, modern, machine knitted 100%
wool turtleneck sweater some less boring but solid color, without
felting it or otherwise damaging the texture? The heat and agitation
in
most dye instructions, even those for wool, makes me very antsy. I'm
not really into dyeing or working with wool, but I got this sweater for
Christmas years ago, have never worn it because it's boring, and have
decided I might as well dye it. If it works, I have a nice-quality
ivory 1950s cashmere cardigan I'd like to do next.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
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