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This is why I like you. You fully explain and simple no fluff videos...and the only intro that doesn't drive me nuts lol🌟 fellow crocheter thefunalongtheway.

@naztazia

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@donesia m. Absolutely with the sun! Half way through this video I show how I use a canning jar to "brew" the dye and yarn in the sun. Around 04:28.

Omg!!!! You rock! And I agree about the yellow. I can never find yellow I like so I actually have several projects on hold because I can’t find the yellow I want! Yeeeeee gonna go dye some stuff!!!!

You make working with yarn so much fun! Thank you. I can't wait to try this!

@naztazia

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Thank you Donna for sharing this wonderful information.

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

Lorrie Popow thank you so much!!

So glad I found you website it is what I have been searching for

You just made my life easier... Thank you

Thanks Donna for the great video

omg I love this video.. I've looked for a while on how to do this .. thanks so much

How long does the color stay on? How many washed will it take for you to see a faded color?

Thank-you for sharing this wonderful tip

Nice, and I have plenty of wool yarn to colour, thank you for the tutorial, keep them coming.

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

Patricia Feifel Thank you very much for your kindness!

I love this tutorial

It's in the 90's here, time to put that sunshine to work!

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

bcgrote Absolutely! :)

very creative .... really looking forward to trying this 👍

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

+Charity Price Awesome! Glad the video could help!

nice job dying your yarn Donna!!

I know its possible to dye hair with koolaid -never knew yarn or eggs too lol -learn some thing new everyday! LOVE your tutorials

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

Annette Specht Thank you so much!

This was an awesome tutorial! :)

I am gona try it thank you soo much

Thank you so much!!! Very creative!!!

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

+Nichole Young Thank you so much!!

wow great video gotta try this thank you

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

+Vicky Conery Thank you very much for stopping by :)

I love this tutorial , Thank you :) And its almost like a science project lol - well to me anyway

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

Annette Specht It is! It's fun to experiment with different colors and blends and concentration amounts to see what you get in the end.

Awesome! Thanks:)

ty hun for the yarn help

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

Glad the video could help!

I like it

thanks

I love your new hair color, it brightens up your face 🌼👍

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

EYEAMSHEEEE thank you very much :)

@ayeshasajid3417

6 жыл бұрын

EYEAMSHEEEE

i am going to try this out for sure! it is a pain in the butt to find the colors that you want or the store that you go to dose not have it

👏👏👏

This is probably the best tutorial I've seen on dying yarn with kool-aid. So I can only use 100% wool in orer for it to take the color well?

@voluptuousraine

9 жыл бұрын

Also when your doing multicolor yarn does the yarn has to be wet as well

Thank you for an awesome video. You mention vinegar being the catalyst to bonding your color to your yarn. I was wondering if I was to face paint my stuffed toy with an acrylic paint could I mix or spray seal it with vinegar to cause the paint to be permanent? Of course, then heat set it.

@naztazia

5 жыл бұрын

Hello! Dyes are different than paints. Dyes bond specifically with proteins in an animal object (yarn, hair, eggshells) to create color, while paints are pigments that sit on the top surface of all types of items. With the dyeing process, the vinegar plus the heat makes the dyes chemically bond with the proteins in a much stronger way. Since paints do not bond with proteins in any way, vinegar won't help out.

Hi I was wondering if I would be able to do that with baby yarn I love. That idea because your right We can never find the color we want at the stores!!

@mistymori8904

8 жыл бұрын

+Kristal Garcia As she said in the video, wool or part wool will work. If your baby yarn is acyrlic, it won't work very well.

naztazia please update your channel I'm so excited to see some more crochet technique

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

cj aeea Hi! It's summer time here so I've been taking a little break, but more crochet and other fiber art videos will be coming out shortly :)

I have a question could you use the tie dye colors or doesn't it work

Hi, can I put the dye salution in the oven because I don’t have a microwave? And how long?

can this work with acrylic yarn too ?

I don't own a microwave. Would the sun or the oven work for setting the dye?

Hello! Can I use cotton yarn instead of wool? Wool's not too popular in my country because it's hot. And how long does the color last? Does it bleed easily?

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

Hi! Cotton is a plant fiber and needs a "fiber reactive" type of dye for it to work and not wash out. Kool-aid is not a fiber reactive dye. Wool is an animal fiber that responds to "acid" dyes - kool-aid contains a very mild acid called citric acid (which gives it its tart flavor) - and makes the wool accept the kool-aid dye. Acrylic is a plastic, and does not accept dyes very well. To do this with kool-aid, you'll need wool, as it is the only kind that works correctly.

Do you know how this will work with 100% cotton yarn like the Lydia brand #10 crochet thread?

Love your videos. But please, where did you get the Kool aid jug. We still drink Kool aid in my family. Please keep up the videos. Thank you.

@naztazia

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Found the container on eBay. They also have the glass ones too :)

Does the color eventually fade?

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

meeshellexx I've never had any of my 100% wool items fade or bleed after dyeing with kool-aid. Most of the time I can never get kool-aid out of things I accidentally drop it on, especially the red ones! :)

Do you have to put yarn in microwave could dry out from jodie have a nice weekend love learning g from. You from jodie

@naztazia

6 жыл бұрын

Heat is what causes the dye to "set" into the yarn. So I generally use the microwave.

Love your videos! Just to ask, will the dye attract any ants?

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

moon chua thank you very much! ants like the sugar in drinks, so as long as you use the unsweetened (no sugar) kool-aid traditional packets show at the 0:33 mark in the video, the ants will not go near the kool-aid yarn. and granted you can use other brands besides kool-aid like flavor-ade packets as well, as long as it is unsweetened.

Can I dye a sweater like that?

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

You can definitely dye a 100% wool sweater using this method.

Does the yarn have to be washed before and after? Or is that only for yarn intended to be used to make a clothing item?

@naztazia

2 жыл бұрын

It's up to you of course. I generally wash my yarn beforehand because clean wet wool bonds with the dyes better. I also wash it afterwards to get any dye that didn't bond to the fibers out so it doesn't get all over the place.

I was wondering can you us cerry juice on this

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

Jana Smith Hi! I have found that unsweetened items like black tea or even green tea work well for this project. However most of the fruit juices or anything with sugar in it don't work out as well, especially when heating in the microwave. The kool-aid packets and food colorings i use in the video are of the unsweetened/no sugar variety and do work consistently well.

can i dye my dmc thread with kool aid?

It would be nice if I can get an answer to my comment will I also be able to use baby yarn or 4ply yarn for this project??

@annapinkham4912

7 жыл бұрын

Kristal, It will only work with 100% WOOL. If your baby yarn is WOOL then it will work, if it is acrylic you will have a hard time dyeing it. If it is cotton then you can use regular fabric dye. But as she said in the video it has to be 100% WOOL.

Can you dye clothes also?

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

+tick tock Absolutely! Kool-aid works best with animal fibers like wool and alpaca though. For tie-dye t-shirts made of cotton, kool aid works, but not as good as traditional plant-fiber dyes like RIT and Tulip.

Can we dye with acrylic yarn?

@naztazia

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not. Acrylic is a man- made fiber. Only natural fibers can be dyed this way.

How can dye fabric with kool aid? Can you show me, pls? Tkank you so much c:

would this work with red heart yarn?

@laylatheangelsprite

8 жыл бұрын

Check the wool count....

you smart

@naztazia

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

nice video but where i can find kool aid because i'm from tunisia and i never heard about it . thanx

@annapinkham4912

7 жыл бұрын

www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_5?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kool+aid&sprefix=kool%3B%2Caps%2C386 You can find it here on Amazon

can i boil it instead of using micowave?

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

+Rosalie Matocinos You definitely can put the kool-aid water on the stove and heat it - however it's important to choose the right pot (glass, stainless steel, enamel are good. pots made of aluminum can cause issues). Also I don't like to boil (212 Fahrenheit) the water - heating it closer to just 170-180-190 degrees F is better.

@rosaliemhato020389

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your time answering my question. Its very helpful. Thank you again and God bless! :-)

Will this work with 100% acrylic yarn

@naztazia

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not. Only wool type of fibers (sheep wool, alpaca, etc.). There is another method I'll show in the future of what to do with acrylic :)

I tried it it worked thanks :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) please reply

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

+Irene Morales Awesome! Glad the video could help!

Will this fade after washing

@naztazia

4 жыл бұрын

Mine do not fade. I usually hand wash crochet or knit items. But sometimes I will put them in a washing bag to protect them if I put them in a washer.

Could I use acrylic

@naztazia

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not with this method. Only natural sheep wool, alpaca, angora, etc.

do u know a way of making wool yarn soft an not scratchy or a wool yarn that isn't scratchy an is soft???

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

you can purchase superwash wool... it is softer than some other wool. alpaca is also very soft.

@rinka687runescape4

8 жыл бұрын

Kk ty very much😊😊😊

Can you dye yarn that's not white? I have some brown wool yarn I would like to dye.

@naztazia

2 жыл бұрын

You can dye any color wool. When dyeing brown yarn, the new dye will meld in with the existing brown color, so you'll get deeper muted tones. Instead of a vibrant orange on white yarn, you'll maybe get an darker orange-spice color on brown yarn.

@luwandaartrelle4250

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that sounds nice.😇

Does the yarn smell like kool-aid when your done

@naztazia

9 жыл бұрын

ruth taveras i wish! unfortunately it only smells like kool-aid for about a day, then it just smells like regular yarn.

My yarn started popping in the microwave. Is that normal?

@naztazia

6 жыл бұрын

Small amounts of sounds are normal as with any microwave use, but I've not experienced any very noticeable popping sounds when dyeing my yarn in a microwave.

Can i use waterpaint? I don't have kool aid sad😢

@naztazia

Ай бұрын

Kool Aid contains citric acid and a dye powder, which binds to wool yarn. Watercolor paint contains pigment that won't actually bind to the yarn. It just sits on top of the fibers and will wash out over time.

does the yarn still smell like kool aid after??

are you South African?

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

+Kenzi Rouverand No, I'm from the United States. But someday I would like to visit South Africa!

here in venezuela no longer exists otherwise that l use

@naztazia

8 жыл бұрын

+Yonaivi Gonzalez You can use food dye plus vinegar as a substitute for kool-aid :)

Isn't wet wool flammable?

@naztazia

6 жыл бұрын

Wool is naturally flame-resistant, whether wet or dry, which is why it is used in clothing for Fire & Military personnel. It also makes the best hot pads in the kitchen. What you are thinking of is called "grease wool" - which is basically unscoured wool. Some cargo carriers take extra precautions when shipping thousands and thousands of pounds of grease wool across the ocean, because the oils/grease (not the fiber) are combustible, as is any oil or grease. A few skeins of wool yarn (which isn't "grease wool") and a microwave are of no problem whatsoever. Large manufacturers dye wool with acid dyes in kettles at around 180 degrees F with no problems either.

@theresakidd

6 жыл бұрын

naztazia Okay. Trying to figure out a way to dye my own yarn. So far my favorite method is with a crockpot.

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