[Sca-cooks] beet juice dye (last)

[Elaine Koogler]

I think I mentioned this earlier, but Kool-aid works wonderfully with animal
fibers (wool, silk), but, as I understand it, does not work on plant fibers like
linen and cotton.  I first ran into this at the Textile Museum here in DC...they
had an open-house where they had various craftspersons working in different
media.  There was one that was showing folks how to do Japanese Shibori using
scarf-weight silk and Kool-Aid.

Kiri

ruadh wrote:

> Kool-Aid common dye.  Look in trash can for left-over package...
> Smurf Blue was developed for dyers, Smurf-ism was added by the market place.
> Ask the local kids what flavours of  "Red" you serve.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer Thompson" <JenniferT at ptb.com>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 9:01 AM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] beet juice dye (last)
>
> > >> Lann...
> > >> I must have done so accidentally, since I have been told that
> > >> it won't work.
> >
> > > From: "ruadh"
> > >
> > > the vinegar ! it's cheap photo fixer too.  Ru
> > >
> >
> > Argh, none of the above. I'm in my kitchen last night way past my bedtime
> > and the hubby comes in and asks what I'm doing. I tell him I'm trying to
> > replicate the beet juice dyeing, and he asks if I'm at the point yet where
> I
> > get fed up, cuss a blue streak, dump the leftover KoolAid packet on it and
> > stomp off to bed, because that's where he's headed. To which my response
> was
> > "I never did any... such..... thing....... oh dear."
> >
> > Lesson one - beet juice needs a mordant, I believe. I *did* get a pale
> rose,
> > but after the lovely color in the bowl, it's pretty disappointing.
> Probably
> > because of the vinegar.
> > Lesson two - I *really* need to keep a notebook.
> > Lesson three - Kool Aid (no, I don't know which flavor, see previous note)
> > turns slightly pale beet dyed wool into *exactly* the color that one would
> > expect beet juice to do. Especially if the wool in question has been
> soaking
> > in beet juice.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas on what to do with two cans worth of beets? San
> juice?
> > The baby and I ate them all last time, so we are beeted out and the hubby
> > won't touch them.
> >
> > And what's the rock?
> >
> > Lann the inept
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