Well, that was pointless

[telerib]

So using the RIT dye was not so hard. There was a lot of babysitting the washing machine to reset dials, but that was all. The machine doesn't appear to be at all pink. Unfortunately, the fabric didn't change color either. I have a scrap of "before" to compare to "after" and they look identical.

I'm wondering what this stuff is. I knew it wasn't "100% wool," but I had assumed it was a 97/3 wool/Lycra blend; that seems pretty common as suiting. Now I'm wondering if it's totally synthetic. Time to Google "burn test for fabric," I think...

Comments

[janinas-nest.livejournal.com]

I might expect a small lump of melted plastic.

[lady-guenievre.livejournal.com]

For wool specifically, I like the bleach test better - cut a snip, leave it in a little bowl of undiluted bleach, whatever is left after a few hours isn't wool.