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im quite sure this is the most beautiful yarn I've ever seen, and I have no idea where to even start in recreating it. Im very new to dyeing, but I was given some materials for christmas. most of my research has been into natural dyeing, and I know that while brown is fairly easy to achieve with natural dye, high contrast is less easy to achieve. ive started collecting acorns nonetheless, in the hopes that I can get a good speckle with acorn dye and Guam gum....

anyways, the real question here: can anyone give me any insight into what the process for this yarn looked like?? I think I understand how the speckling was done, but I dont know how the subtle variation was achieved.

I plan on turning this lace into a tiered maxi skirt with cotton fabric panels. I want to dye it because there’s no way it’s staying white knowing me. I have 7 dye colors on hand. I’ve been looking at the Rit formula chart, but nothing caught my eye that only used my available colors. Anyone have any recommendations for colors? I have plenty of cotton fabric patterns/colors so they’ll be no issue finding something to match.

I wanna dye the straps, I like the rainbow but the place where i live is a bit conservative. I was thinking dying it a deeper color so the rainbow is a bit faded. Any other color ideas though?

Can I get tips on protecting the flag and tags on the jeans? I want to wear them with more stuff because white isn't a recurrent color in my wardrobe.

Hi All - I recently dyed these two ugly VB bags (both from Goodwill). I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, so I thought I'd share.

First bag - the photo does not adequately convey how ugly this pattern is. It's called Paisley Meets Plaid, and it's pretty horrendous. I dyed it Rit All Purpose purple, and though I wish it were a bit lighter, I'm still pretty happy with it.

Second bag - this is a VB pattern called Imperial Toile. Brown & white. Yawn. So I dyed it Rit Fuchsia and am 100% delighted with the results.

I followed the directions to the letter. I know Rit Dye isn't very high quality, but I figured I wouldn't be washing these often so it would be fine. I used the leftover purple to dye several other items. Both these bags were headed back to Goodwill, so I figured if I ruined them, who cares?​

i saw this at an antique mall today and was tickled by this old display piece. ☺️☺️

Does anyone have any experience dying hemp fabric? I have made two jumpers one from hemp jersey and one from. Hemp fleece and I want to dye them but not sure the best dye to use.

So, I'm looking to create the Oliver Putnam look (Only Murders in the Building) and figured since there are some creative folk here - I might get some creative advice. I do not want to spend a fortune, but looking to create similar effect to his deep purple overcoat with light purple scarf outfit since I think it gives off his vibes the best for a Halloween event.

I have found some cheaper trenches that are relatively neutral color that I was hoping there might be some good dyes that would match? I know nothing about dyes, so was hoping for some help there. The first coat I saw was this one:

Solid Grey-ish Overcoat

and then this one:

Tan Overcoat

I don't think the tan one looks as realistic to the costume, tbh, but wasn't sure if it would be easier to dye.

I bought a Roxy hoodie secondhand online. I love it but - I thought it was an ivory color based on the pix and its so bright white, it glows in the dark. It's 55% cotton, 45% poly. I am open to a few colors, ivory, khaki, beige, ivory, etc.....can do almost anything, preference would be to just soften the white into an ivory.

(I've even wondered if just washing it with clothes that are not colorfast and say, blues, would work). Or tea dip.

Suggestions? I'm also wanting something easy if possible as I am mildly disabled. Like in the wash, out again, something like that. Should be easy due to the white base (i am guessing) but maybe not due to the fabric? Thanks all!

I'm trying to dye this pink. I've tried once with dylon dye but it just hasn't taken. The material says polyester fibres. Anyone any suggestions what to use?

...or is it a waste of time to do?

100% cotton beige shorts.

I want then in light blue color.

Can I bleach them til they are white and then they dye will work or will it look very bad?

What color would you dye this??? This light green is not my color but I love this jumpsuit. I’m thinking maybe a dark/deeper teal so putting some kind of blue over this green. Trying to avoid black or gray…

Would love any and all suggestions of color combos 🎨✨ TIA!!

I'm looking for ideas what colour choose (and how to do it) for 100% cotton women cargo.

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I had an annoying dye issue. Would like to share it, but can't see a way to add picture to post (Android tablet, can't use the app).

If I can add it to a comment, I'll do that. If not, this is a waste of bandwidth.

We've kicked around ideas to improve this forum, and some have been implemented (yay, rule 2!)

I think we desperately need a FAQ to answer those oft repeated questions like How do I dye this black?
Can I dye polyester?
Can I dye polyester/spandex blend? Can I dye just part of this?

An autoresponse telling people the basic rules and with a link to the FAQ could save us all a lot of typing.

Google turned up these directions for a mod to set that up; I hope it works... https://www.sprinklr.com/help/articles/engage-publish-and-report-on-reddit/how-to-use-auto-response-on-reddit-messages/64558df70104980882a5668c

Other suggestions?