Recently the spinning group I am part of had a Dye-in. What a great time playing with color with such a fabulous group of people, a beautiful day, and the perfect setting. Here is a link to the group's blog - A Day of Dyeing and Spinning.
There was a lot of fancy dying, and I was a bit embarrassed to bring my tiny attempt at color-making with Kool-Aid! You might remember my first attempts: Kool! and Valenine Hearts. I should have known that most of the ladies had done it before and would be completely supportive!
Here is what I started out with. Teddy's roving.
This is the mess that came out!
This is after spinning!
Another friend decided to give her yarn a dunk.
Some of the pretty projects.
Here are a couple of things I've made with Kool-Aid dyed yarn.
Yes, the color is permanent, and yes I need to try something
other than Black Cherry!
If you'd like to try it yourself, I used this tutorial:
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