The Kool-Aid Yarn Dyeing Experiment

I've wanted to try this ever since I saw lots of finished Kool-Aid projects on Ravelry and realized how random and vibrant the colors tend to be. I ended up using a few different packets of Kool-Aid (which I forgot to photograph, of course)-- lemon lime, tropical punch, grape, peach mango, orange, and Wilton blue gel food coloring (because the grocery store was out of blue Kool-Aid colors). I used the crock pot for the actual dyeing process, which made it super easy-- I could wander away and forget about it for a while without worrying about it burning or other scary things happening to it. It was fun and made the house smell like candy!

The finished product:

 It was originally white Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool, and I wound it into 100 yard hanks because the plan is to turn them into wool soakers for the baby. I really like the purple/green/blue colorway the most, even though the green was a complete accident! First I used Wilton's "leaf green" food coloring since I was out of green Kool-Aid, but it turned out too light, so I changed the water and tried Peach Mango Kool-Aid on top of it. It turned out a really lovely pea/yellowish green, which goes great with the blue and purple. At first I kept overthinking which colors should go together, but it really is easier and more fun when you just start guessing and randomly mixing colors.