Knitting Iris

All Kool Aid, All The Time.

ROW 1: Wild Berry Tea (C), Strawberry, Strawberry (F), Tropical Punch (F), Man-O-Mango Berry, Cherry (F), Solar Strawberry Starfruit (C), Soarin' Strawberry Lemonade, Watermelon Cherry.

ROW 2: Cherry, Blastin' Berry Cherry, Roarin' Raspberry Cranberry, Black Cherry, Tropical Punch, Swirlin' Strawberry Starfruit, Strawberry Kiwi, Pink Lemonade, Grape Illustion.

ROW 3: Mandarina Tangerina, Orange, Lemonade, Lemonade Tea, Switchin' Secret, Wild Watermelon Kiwi, Lemon Lime, Changin' Cherry.

Row 4: Blue Moon Berry (C), Berry Blue, Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade, Raspberry Reaction,  Arctic Green Apple, Grape, Grape Berry Splash, Grape (F).

(F) denotes Flavoraid colors, and (C) denotes Canadian Koolaid colors.

Just a few missing now: Jamaica, Tamarindo, Mango and Pina-Pineapple.  I think I did Lemon Ice last summer, but it was essentially colorless.

Now, what do I do with all this yarn?  Any ideas? 

I can't wait to try dyeing some yarn for self striping socks from Streets and YOs, but I'll have to find some sock yarn for it first, and keep my eye out for the 10/$1.00 summer Kool-Aid sales.

Rainy Days

How to brighten up yet another rainy day?  More Kool Aid dyeing again, of course!  A friend's 12 year old daughter is spending a few days with us while he finishes up  teaching his last few days of the school year.  She has knit before, so I thought if we dyed some yarn, she might pick it up again. Here is what we came up with.  Since we only had a couple ounces of Lamb's Pride,  there was quite a bit of "dye" leftover.  We pulled out brushes and paper and above (as well as  some face painting) is what resulted from a 12, 2, 5, and 35 year old, respectively.

Kooooooool

Some koolaid dyeing the boys and I did the other day. Left to Right:  Canadian Wildberry KoolAid Tea, Strawberry Flavoraid,  U.S. Watermelon Cherry, Cherry Flavoraid, Grape Flavoraid, Tropical Punch Flavoraid, Canadian Solar Strawberry Starfruit, and Canadian Blue Moon Berry.   Someday I'll show you a picture of all the other colors that we dyed last summer.  What will I do with it all?  I do not know.