HOW TO DYE SOCKS WITH NATURAL DYES

Socks deserve to be seen! They are not only a functional necessity to keep our feet warm. In recent years, socks have often become the protagonists of our looks. This season, we want to pay tribute to this practical garment with a tutorial to dye your own socks at home and naturally. Are you in?

Let's get started!

A few days before, stock up on some fruits and vegetables to make the dyes you will later use to dye your socks. Nature offers us a wide range of colors to dye with, some options are:

Avocado or beetroot skins and pits for pink tones, red pepper or paprika for red, onion skins and turmeric for yellow and orange, coffee for brown, spinach and rosemary for green tones and blueberries, red cabbage or beans for blue and violet.

On this occasion we have opted for orange, pink and red to create a combination that goes with any of the Boreal ankle boots and boots .

Prepare the socks

The first step is to prepare the socks to absorb the dye. In a container with water, add a teaspoon of soap and 3 teaspoons of sodium carbonate and let the socks soak for 24 hours.

The next step is to add a mordant to set the color on the socks. This is done by soaking the socks for an hour in a solution of half a cup of salt to 8 parts cold water or one part white vinegar to 4 parts cold water.

How to extract color

The process is simple: add the vegetables or fruits to a pot, separated by color, cover them with water and let them simmer for an hour or until the water turns the desired color. Then strain the liquid. If you want to dye with several colors, remember to separate the vegetables by color in different pots.

It's time to dye!

To make our socks more fun, we will make small bundles with rubber bands or string. Then we will put them in a bowl and paint them, using a pipette, with the liquid from boiling the vegetables. We will leave them to soak overnight and after that time we will rinse them with cold water. To finish, we will dry them in the shade and voila! We now have new socks to match our Naguisa.

If you have made the tutorial at home, we encourage you to share the result with us! Send us a photo to comunicacion@naguisa.com