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Here’s a “life-hack” for you. Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye. I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.” Nope. It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that. That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol. So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.
Okay I dyed some of the wool! I used vinegar and food dye, which worked really well! I'm going to knit a swatch before I knit a whole sweater so I can make sure it doesn't bleed. I really like the colors I got!
Another Christmas order.
Tie-dyed indigo cotton scarf.
Indigo dyed scarf
Foulard teint au indigo
藍染絲巾
2021/12/11 Onion tie-and-dye on cotton Thāi-tshung-thêu ngiām-pù 大蔥頭染布 Tshang-thâu ní-pòo 蔥頭染布 洋蔥染