Can anyone tell me how to dye wool? Ive purchased a pair of woollen wristlets which are cream/white and would like to dye them? Thanks.
Dyeing Wool
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To dye them brown brew up the strongest tea you can (boil 100 tea bags in 1 gallon of water for example) and soak the wool in the brew for a week - tan wool 
It's astonishing just how effective the tea is for this. I did a stack of underwear recently (mind out of gutter, old thermals, etc., that had gotten muddy when I unexpectedly found myself sitting in the mud and couldn't change out of them quickly, so the stain dried and set ) the tea worked even on the acrylic mix and the lace and threads too. Nice neutral tanned colour was the result.
cheers,
Toddy
and couldn't change out of them quickly, so the stain dried and set ) the tea worked even on the acrylic mix and the lace and threads too. Nice neutral tanned colour was the result.cheers,
Toddy
I recently started with dying wool, I used a load of onion skins that I had collected over a few weeks. I mordanted the wool using Alum, then dyed using the onion skins. I got a beautiful golden orange. As an experiment I added some rusty water to the dye pot and then returned a second skein to the pot, this took the orange down to a golden brown.
Very rewarding exercise. There is lots of info out there on how to dye wool, and onion skins are available for free.
J
Very rewarding exercise. There is lots of info out there on how to dye wool, and onion skins are available for free.
J
