Yesterday being the day after exams and, officially, the Day When I Can Do Whatever I Want Whenever I Want to Do It, there was a little Kool-Aid dying Chez Fig and Plum. No full skeins, just some color experiments that resulted in some teensy mini-skeins. The main goal was to experiment in getting richer, more muted colors. I think it was successful, though the skeins almost absorbed more dye than I would have liked, simply because the solutions were so saturated. I'm particularly pleased with the avocado / limey green in the middle and the brickish red.
Click here to see the recipes as Flickr Notes.
Posted by jess at December 21, 2005 9:25 AMI really need to try this kool aid stuff - great colors. And thanks for the recipes.
Posted by: Stephanie at December 21, 2005 10:08 AMi'm amazed that you've been able to get such deep colors. that's a lot of koolaid is my guess. great work!
Posted by: maryse at December 21, 2005 10:59 AMoooh, i love those colors. i think that your combination of colors really brought out the muted tones.
Posted by: gleek at December 21, 2005 11:03 AMThey are beautiful - Thanks for the recipes. Question for ya - when you list the colors, was it 1 package of the ones listed in how much water? (the colors came out great - I'd love to see if I can recreate them) What yarn did you use to dye?
Posted by: stacey at December 21, 2005 11:26 AMBeautiful colors! Mine usually come out blindingly bright....
Posted by: Veronique at December 21, 2005 11:37 AMthat cheese looks great. Beer + cheese = yum!
Thank you for spelling pom pon like the fuzzy ball and not like the gun. Isn't it sad that I care about such things?
I really like the brown skein also. One day i will have time to play with kool-aid... Thanks for the recipes!
Posted by: holly at December 21, 2005 11:44 AMThe green is way luscious. My very favorite color.
Posted by: Mandy at December 21, 2005 11:47 AMI really love your photography! By the way, that cheese looks a bit scary (reminded me of an Italian meant thing), but it sounds delicious. I'm a comlete sucker for cheese.
Posted by: Gina at December 21, 2005 12:03 PMI love that avocado green too! This is something I have to try over Christmas/New Years.
Posted by: Angela at December 21, 2005 12:08 PMAmazing colors -- I'm so drawn to the bright kool aid colors I always see, but yours are really something else entirely! Completely rich and beautiful (and I loved looking up the color combos on flickr). Excellent!
Posted by: Michelle at December 21, 2005 9:12 PMquite the ingenious dye job! who would have thunk you could achieve those colors with kool-aid? nice job.
p.s. love the poms!
Posted by: kate sonnick at December 22, 2005 5:04 PMThose are so pretty!
Posted by: Scout at December 23, 2005 9:38 AM