Quote Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt View Post
These are pure wool hose and I believe that all synthetic ones cannot be dyed successfully.

On the left is the natural ecru ones, the middle are those dyed with standard coffee grounds and the ones on the right are dyed with a dark roast blend

I filled a bucket with warm water, not hot enough to shrink wool, mixed in the coffee grounds, wet the socks in warm water, placed them in the bucket and gently stirred until hose were saturated with the colour. For the first hour I gently stirred the hose every 5 - 10 minutes then put the bucket aside for a couple of hours and stirred again. Left the hose in the bucket overnight, got the hose out the next morning, let them drip dry. Then hand washed them in cold water. This seemed to colourfast them and that was over a year ago.

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Fantastic idea...thanks!!!