Good day to all! I’d love to share with you my two quarantine DIY Dip Dye adventures involving a silk Astrologie 90 and a silk Couvertures De Jour 140.
I bought the Astrologie in 2003 and only wore it a handful of times, so in its orange box it sat from 2005 until spring 2020 when I resurrected her via a home dip dye makeover during the first wave of quarantine in April.
My intention was to transform my Astrologie into a handsome, earthy, army-green so I researched RIT dye recipes and found the perfect shade and corresponding recipe online. I followed the recipe exactly but it was a fail. It was not dark enough for my liking - I wanted to cover up the gold and royal blue and that did not happen.
Following you will see the original scarf, the dyeing process, and the unsatisfactory result of my first dip dye attempt:
I bought the Astrologie in 2003 and only wore it a handful of times, so in its orange box it sat from 2005 until spring 2020 when I resurrected her via a home dip dye makeover during the first wave of quarantine in April.
My intention was to transform my Astrologie into a handsome, earthy, army-green so I researched RIT dye recipes and found the perfect shade and corresponding recipe online. I followed the recipe exactly but it was a fail. It was not dark enough for my liking - I wanted to cover up the gold and royal blue and that did not happen.
Following you will see the original scarf, the dyeing process, and the unsatisfactory result of my first dip dye attempt:
Someday, perhaps. The thing about any production is when you zoom out, the magic disappears. Watch any behind the scenes or the making of documentary and you see a messy backdrop. In my case, you’d see a NYC apartment with double sided tape, H boxes, ribbons, silks and SLGs strewn about!
