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Dye Yarn with Dollar Store Drink Mix

12 February 2009 4,549 views 4 Comments

by heather

Natalie at Organic Stills recently posted about her yarn dyeing project. There are many tutorials about dyeing with drink mix, but Natalie actually used Kool-Aid she bought at the dollar store (12 packs for $1). She dyed yarn she got from unraveling a thrift store sweater.

If you are unfamiliar with the concept of unraveling sweaters for yarn, check out this tutorial. You're unlikely to find suitable yarn to dye at the dollar store!

There are tons of tutorials that have detailed instructions for dyeing with Kool-aid, but here's another one from Knitty.com.

I also LOVE the concept of dyeing part of a sweater BEFORE you unravel it, as detailed in this article by Lee Meredith on Craftstylish.

Project Estimate:

Wool yarn, or unraveled thrift store sweater, $3 or so
Drink Mix, 12 for $1
Dish soap, on hand
Microwave-safe dish, on hand
Plastic wrap, on hand

Total cost: $4

4 Comments »

Vone said:

I remember back in the day dyeing my hair with Kool-aid. I wish I knit – I love the idea.

# 12 February 2009 at 11:41 am

Andi said:

I created a PDF file with a “ball band” with blanks that can be filled out with all of the pertinent information for your reclaimed thrift-shop sweater yarn. It’s free to use for anyone who wants to reclaim some sweaters but doesn’t really know yet what they want to do with the yarn.

http://mysticspiralstudio.blogspot.com/2007/10/reclaiming-unloved-yarns.html

# 16 February 2009 at 6:16 pm