About to dye!

We have the flu here, so I've been playing nursemaid. I was okay until today, but I'm finally coming down with it too. Maybe I can finish that sweater?

I've been thinking of dyeing my own yarn for a while now, and I just ordered 6 skeins from knitpicks to get started. For now, I'm going to experiment with Kool-Aid dyeing and see how I do with that before trying acid dyes (if I try them at all).

I've been doing some research, and I thought you all might be interested in some yarn dyeing links too, whether you plan on using Kool-Aid or something else.

• Knitpicks has a tuturial. Scroll down and click the free pattern download button.
• Knitty also has one.

Both Knitty and Knitpicks cover the basics of Kool-Aid dyeing, but they both focus mostly on solid colors. Knitty talks a little about handpainting, but it's a bit too brief for me.

• Fig and plum has some nice pictures of hand-painting.
• And here's a tutorial on using Wilton's icing dye for yarn.
• Although these are written for acid dyes, they are good instructions for doing handpaint in general.
• Pea Soup shows how to dye with regular food coloring, and the skein in the pictures is too cute!
  
• See Eunny Knit has a very good tutorial on tying off your yarn to make a self-striping yarn with regular stripe repeats.
• And here's another tutorial on making your own self-striping yarn.
  

So, go a little crazy, pick some colors, and get to dyeing! I just ordered my yarn, so when it arrives, I'll be sure to post pictures of my work, and results.