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What colour to dye cardigan?

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MarthaDunstable · 23/08/2019 09:02

I have a rather useful cardigan which I wear at my air conditioned workplace over plain short-sleeved dresses. It’s white with lace detailing at the front, but has gone a tiny bit dingy grey with age and is no longer quite smart enough for work so I fancy dying it. The tricky bit is that the main body is viscose/polyamide and the lace is polyamide/viscose, so it should take colours up but not to full strength and the lace will probably be lighter than the body. I think that means that black is out of the question, and red/orange/yellow/pink/brown don’t suit me, but I’d be willing to have a stab at anything else. What do you think? What Dylon colour would work well at lighter shades?

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MikeUniformMike · 23/08/2019 10:52

Given the fabric, I am uncertain if it would be successful.
I wouldn't go for a dark colour. The thread is likely to be polyester so won't take dye.
If I were going to dye it I would go for a very light shade, like off white, beige, palest blue or similar.
Read and follow the instructions.

Could you soak it in non-chlorine bleach to restore some of the whiteness?

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