Jazz up your your old white hose for pennies!

[Downunder Kilt]

"Several years ago I dyed a couple of pairs of off white/ecru hose with tea and coffee, which proved very successful."

~ Downunder

I have a pair of very good quality Arran Cable pure wool hose from the 70's that I haven't worn in decades. I love the idea of colouring them with either tea or coffee to better suit my predominantly brown MacDuff Hunting Modern Tank. How did you do it exactly? Both coffee and tea? One or the other? How long do you soak them for? Hot or cold, etc... How did they come out?

Thanks.

Used tea for one pair and coffee for two pair. I used some Bali coffee which is not unlike turkish coffee, though not as thick, mixed it in a bucket with warm water, lowered the hose, made sure they were soaked through. For the first hour I moved them around the bucket about every to minutes, then let them settle, occasionally moving them around the bucket (when I thought of it) then let them soak overnight, Took them out in the morinng and let them flat dry. Gave them a wash and job done.
Result

Pair on the left is how they started

Sorry don't have a photo of the tea dyed ones, but followed the same method