Dye Another Day or "Ain't Nothing Like the Teal Thing, Baby"

I hit the Procion dye bottle again yesterday, readers.

I decided to do a few things differently this time around:

1) I dyed only one shirt (the plaid one), leaving plenty of room to stir my garment.

2)  I stirred obsessively.

3) I followed new instructions (from the Procion dye website here).  The shirt was in the dye before and after I added the soda ash for nearly an hour each time.



For my dye bath I mixed turquoise and black. 









After a lot of rinsing in very hot water, I machine laundered my shirt (alone) with mild detergent.  After air drying, it looked like this.  I love the rich teal color.





So much better than this.

Now, remember the solid beige shirt I'd dyed streaky maroon and then bleached out with Rit color remover?  After I machine laundered it, it lost most of its beet color and now looks rose beige with (subtle) pink blotches.





I'm afraid that if I dye it darker the blotches will be more pronounced.  Should I try it or just leave as is?  It's subtle now but might look funky darker.

In closing, I feel much more confident about dyeing fabric and very open to doing more of it.  Yes, it's time consuming and uses obscene amounts of water, but it is fun.

Have a great day, everybody!