Dyeing elastic proved to be a nightmare, no matter how strong I made the dye and how clear the colour came out of the vat as soon as I washed it the colour faded drastically and looked saturated and dull. Luckily the colour I needed was very very pale but this was still a hindrance and considerably slowed me down. Eventually I was managing to make colours of the right strength (using very concentrated dyes) but the correct shade of colour still eluded me, I need a pale aquamarine colour but I kept achieving a delicate cornflower blue. In the end the dye I was using was practically bottle green but as it washed out it faded, finally, to a pretty, pale aquamarine. It was approved by Dexter and was good to go.
1tsp Bright Turquoise
2 tsp Lemon Yellow
2 tsp salt
500ml boiling water
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