Dying for silk

I don't often have success with dying silk, but lo and behold, this time I did.

The upgraded gold gowne which I bought from a friend which needed to be taken in is a story earlier on the blog, and you may remember it. I did still want to freshen the colour up a bit and tried a coffee overdye with absolutely no success. Figuring the the fabric just wasn't going to hold dye well, I thought I'd try a brown over-dye which I thought would mostly wash out and leave the gold less light and a darker gold.

This is not how it worked at all.

The dye grabbed so much better than I could have hoped for. After rinsing and drying, it's a really wonderful light milk chocolate! It's not what I was aiming for originally, but I have always wanted a brown silk dress of some kind, so now I guess that box is ticked too!