Adventures in Kool Aid dyeing

I've not been brave enough to dye anything I've made yet. I drool over other people's creativity & long to do the same. I thought I needed to have all the expensive & fancy dyes, but I decided to delve into Kool Aid creating instead.

I'm playing along with the Ravelry one skein challenge for July & this is my market bag. It's the Saturday Market Bag from Strings and Yarn or as a Ravelry download.

I modified it a bit as I went along. I cast on 90 instead of 2 separate sides of 45. I despise seaming & will work my way around it at all costs. Next time I'll figure out a way to do it completely in the round. It took just a little over a skein as I added to the body.

I also liked the look of the stitches from the wrong side so I seamed it inside out & love it!

Here is the finished bag. Nice & room, but the color isn't as lovely as it could be.


And so , as I type, the new & improved bag is drying this lovely dark pink shade resulting from 5 packets of black cherry kool aid. Dyeing was half the fun. I'm going to let the kids get in on it next time. It's really neat to see the wool take in the color so fast. It will be ready to take to the farmer's market the next time we go! Whoopie!







Edited to add the finished product!