Scarves Hermesmatic - worth a try? Please post your opinions and before/after photos of scarves

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Joannadyne said:
I've also picked up my two. Here is Chasse au Bois:
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And here is Sangles:
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I would post before shots but DH accidentally deleted them from our Cloud account. Grrr. I feel like yelling at DH like Ricky Ricardo does, bellowing, "Luuuuucccy!" when she does something silly.

So overall, I feel they are improvements to the original but I think I will go back tomorrow and ask to have them dipped again. I want violet for Sangles this time, but I'm not sure about Chasse. It was really difficult to capture its true color on camera. It's a very dusty teal. Should I double down on blue, thereby intensifying the teal or try fuchsia or violet?
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Go with your instincts
 
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papertiger said:
Go with your instincts
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My instincts are often of two minds, haha. I dropped off the scarves and wavered. I told them to dye Chasse with violet, then left. I returned 10 minutes later to change it to blue. I worried that violet would just make it muddy looking. With Sangles, I'm hoping that a violet wash will blend with the blue and make it a lovely blurple.

Here's what they looked like in natural light after the first dip against a neutral white tee shirt:
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maryg1 said:
I got my scarf yesterday, I'm really really happy with the result, exactly what I was hoping to achieve.
The red has turned purple, yellow is far less vibrant with hints of pale green. You can now see different shadows you could hardly notice in the original color.
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Very cool! It's so frustrating to not be able to capture the colors correctly, isn't it? I've had the same problem. I'm so glad yours is more wearable! It's a beautiful scarf.
 
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Joannadyne said:
My instincts are often of two minds, haha. I dropped off the scarves and wavered. I told them to dye Chasse with violet, then left. I returned 10 minutes later to change it to blue. I worried that violet would just make it muddy looking. With Sangles, I'm hoping that a violet wash will blend with the blue and make it a lovely blurple.

Here's what they looked like in natural light after the first dip against a neutral white tee shirt:
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Now I'm going to make you crazy.
In your first set of photos, I thought these two scarves looked very washed-out, and they both looked as though they definitely needed a second "dip." But in these photos, in natural light against a white tee, they look a whole lot better. Especially Sangles.
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Are you definitely having them do a second wash of color? Or are you having second thoughts, too?
Or should I just be quiet??? :sad:
 
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ElainePG said:
Now I'm going to make you crazy.
In your first set of photos, I thought these two scarves looked very washed-out, and they both looked as though they definitely needed a second "dip." But in these photos, in natural light against a white tee, they look a whole lot better. Especially Sangles.
:annoyed:
Are you definitely having them do a second wash of color? Or are you having second thoughts, too?
Or should I just be quiet??? :sad:
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I totally agree!
 
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Joannadyne said:
My instincts are often of two minds, haha. I dropped off the scarves and wavered. I told them to dye Chasse with violet, then left. I returned 10 minutes later to change it to blue. I worried that violet would just make it muddy looking. With Sangles, I'm hoping that a violet wash will blend with the blue and make it a lovely blurple.

Here's what they looked like in natural light after the first dip against a neutral white tee shirt:
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I think you were eventually right in both cases.

I can't remember what colour Chasse's border was before but in the photo (above) it looks geen-y, green and violet = brown. Since you already have the brown of the foxes in there too, it would have been a muddy chasse.
 
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Joannadyne said:
My instincts are often of two minds, haha. I dropped off the scarves and wavered. I told them to dye Chasse with violet, then left. I returned 10 minutes later to change it to blue. I worried that violet would just make it muddy looking. With Sangles, I'm hoping that a violet wash will blend with the blue and make it a lovely blurple.

Here's what they looked like in natural light after the first dip against a neutral white tee shirt:
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ElainePG said:
Now I'm going to make you crazy.
In your first set of photos, I thought these two scarves looked very washed-out, and they both looked as though they definitely needed a second "dip." But in these photos, in natural light against a white tee, they look a whole lot better. Especially Sangles.
:annoyed:
Are you definitely having them do a second wash of color? Or are you having second thoughts, too?
Or should I just be quiet??? :sad:
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Agree. Just thought the same thing. In fact sangles looks great!
 
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Joannadyne said:
Here's my cw of Chasse au Bois, which is going to be transformed for sure!
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Here's why:
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Such a cute picture!

maryg1 said:
I got my scarf yesterday, I'm really really happy with the result, exactly what I was hoping to achieve.
The red has turned purple, yellow is far less vibrant with hints of pale green. You can now see different shadows you could hardly notice in the original color.
Pics do not it justice
View attachment 3884065View attachment 3884066View attachment 3884067
And beforeView attachment 3884068
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I love your after results - great choice!

Joannadyne said:
My instincts are often of two minds, haha. I dropped off the scarves and wavered. I told them to dye Chasse with violet, then left. I returned 10 minutes later to change it to blue. I worried that violet would just make it muddy looking. With Sangles, I'm hoping that a violet wash will blend with the blue and make it a lovely blurple.

Here's what they looked like in natural light after the first dip against a neutral white tee shirt:
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Fantastic first dye results! Can’t wait to see second round.
 
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