Believe it or not Kool-aide works as a dye on wool. I saw it at the New York State fair a long time ago. Thre colors are bright! I am sure that using a mordent would make it more colorfast. That is all I know. Maybe someone here knows more.
kool-aide is an acid dye and doesn't need a mordant, on top of the fact that there isn't any mordant that can make kool-aide colorfast. Also, your dyed goods will smell like the drink mix for a long time!
If you use any type of food coloring (drink mixes, easter egg dye, baking colors, etc) you will be sorry. They are not color fast.
The key to even dying is movement. The method outlined by Kimiko is good up to the point where she recommends leaving the sweater in the dye bath overnight. This may result in darker spots wherever any available dye settles on the sweater. The best (most accurate) dye-bath has no available dye left at the end -- the dye pot contains what looks like clear or very slightly tinted water. Then you know you've used up all the available dye and rinsing is a much easier task. Then you just let the dye bath come to room temperature and rinse.
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