March 5, 2009
Saving the sweater
We’ve probably all done it. You’re doing some household chore involving bleach, and you don’t want to change clothes just to do something that takes 30 seconds, and you’ll be oh-so-careful… but, nevertheless, you get bleach on your clothes and your dark purple sweater is ruined. Ok, maybe not a dark purple sweater for you, but you can extrapolate.
It was just a small area on the sleeve, but it still made the sweater unwearable. But then I started wondering if I could just dye the whole thing dark purple and even it out. So I did a little research, went to Hobby Lobby and bought some Rit dye (one purple and one black, to make dark purple), and went for it.
Here’s the “before” shot:
First, I took a navy Sharpie (ideally it should have been purple, but I didn’t have one) and tried to even the color out a little. Definitely an improvement:
And after the dyeing:
It worked! I can barely see where it was, but I don’t think I’d notice it if I didn’t know where to look. So I consider that a success. Sweater saved!
That was fun! What else can I dye? I wonder if I can take some of my lighter jeans and dye them dark. Stay tuned…
Comments(5)
Just be careful not to then get the dye on whatever you are wearing :)
Now I know who to call when I ruin something. That’s good stuff!
Now, I had no idea. Thank you for sharing. I also liked your last post. I definitely need the help on grammar. :)
I bought 3 white t-shirts with C’s preschool name on them and dyed them each a different color…she wears one a day each week, and that is all she gets paint on! They even have some personality now with little paint and marker stains. I like dying things too…I feel so powerful!:)
Btw, that was an awesome job, and what satisfaction:)!!