Dyeing Wool Fiber with Kool-Aid

This video shows how to dye wool roving in your microwave using Kool-Aid. If you'd like to follow along, you'll need the following supplies: unsweetened Kool-aid, in whatever flavors that will give you the color effects you're looking for wool roving a non-reactive mixing bowl vinegar water a microwave safe dish gloves a chopstick a microwave oven

Dyeing with Onion Skins

This video gives a quick explanation of how to dye fabric with onion skins. To do this yourself, you'll need a mordant (such as alum), fabric, filtered water, and a pot and spoon that you only use for dyeing.

Chinese Tie Dyeing

This video shows workers in Zhoucheng, Yunnan, China creating tie-dyed clothing and other textiles. Both the colors and the designs are absolutely stunning. If you are interested in dyeing, you will be inspired by this video.

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