I Never Drink Kool-aid

I've shown these pictures to a few of you before, but never explained how dying with kool-aid works.  This blue yarn is something that I had spun myself with a mixture of sheep's wool, alpaca and angora.  After spinning my wool, I washed the natural oils out and dyed it with powdered drink mix. It is amazingly color fast and dyes a brilliant color. Here is what you can do:
Start with clean wool yarn or unspun fiber, and make sure that yarn is in a loose skein (not a ball, for obvious reasons, if you think about it). Place this in a large pot of room temperature water.  For most dye projects you need a non-reactive pot that you never use for food, but for this project that really isn't important.
Add your favorite color of drink mix (I think I used 2 packets of blue and 1 green.)
Cover, and bring this mixture to a boil. 

Do Not Pull Yarn Out To Check On It!  If you do, it will shrink before your eyes.  Turn off the heat and let it cool very slowly, leaving the lid on.  After this slow cooling period, all of the color that the fiber can hold will have left the water, and will now be in your yarn instead.  It's really kind of funny to open the lid to find the brightly colored yarn soaking in perfectly clear water.
That's it, dry and possibly wash your yarn as normal. This makes a great color fast, light fast dye... I've even tested it.

I love that my kids like to help card the wool.

Spinning is super relaxing.

My steampunk inspired vest as it blocks.