Questions and Answers about Dying 100 silk

Any advice on dying a 100% silk dress?

Mar 30, 2010 by staravia | Posted in Fashion & Accessories

Question: I have never done it before and not sure how successful it would be. I have found sites telling me how to do it. The current colour is a deep purple with a gold pattern, will it come out an even colour or would it be lighter in the areas with gold?
Also, it's not possible

Answer: you wont be able to lighten it without a bleach to lift it and you could very well mess up the silk badly. i think the colours will be lighter on the gold than the rest but it will depend on how long you soak/dye for. can you get any test /scrap colour with various shades on

maryj | Mar 30, 2010

you wont be able to lighten it without a bleach to lift it and you could very well mess up the silk badly. i think the colours will be lighter on the gold than the rest but it will depend on how long you soak/dye for. can you get any test /scrap colour with various shades on
maryj | Mar 30, 2010



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Past, Present, Future | Abdul Alif : The weaver

17.05.12

Mubarakhpur: The handloom industry in Varanasi is at an all-time low. And at the bottom of the heap are the weavers.

Once craftsmen to reckon with, these weavers are now a dying breed. Inflation, vested interests and Chinese knock-offs have brought them to their knees.

Abdul Alif inherited his profession from his father, whom he has assisted ever since he gained motor skills. He turns off the two looms in his workshop to talk, and his son hovers around us eager to resume work. Alif had insisted that his son should train as a weaver as well. A decision he now regrets.

About two decades ago, Alif’s home would resonate with the rhythmic sound of the looms at work—thick, lush silk yarn being woven into saris with elaborate embroidery and gold zari . Alif worked with his father those days. His son, then too young to handle a loom, would observe how they swiftly transformed yarn into saris.

Source: Livemint

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Inter Press Service - May 17, 2012
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