DIY Dyed Tights

What you'll need:

• Pair of colored tights
• Any contrasting color RIT dye
• Rubber bands
• Bucket
• Gloves (optional)

1) Starting with the first leg, accordion fold your tights (length wise) as seen in the picture below.

2) Making sure not to lose the accordion fold, rubber band the bottom of the tights.  Continue wrapping rubber bands up the leg.  Keep in mind that the more you rubber band, the less contrasting color will bleed into your tights.

3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 on the other leg.

3) Prepare dye bath.  I used 3 cups of hot water to 1/4 cup black RIT dye.

4) Keeping hold of the top, dip the tights into the dye bath.  Submerge the tights as far as you want.

5) The tights will not take long to absorb the dye (I kept mine in for only a few minutes).  When satisfied with the color take the tights out of the dye bath.

6) Hold the tights (still rubber-banded) under cold running water.  Make sure you continue to hold from the top of the tights so that dye will bleed down out of the tights.

7) Once the water running off the tights appears to be clear, remove from the running water.

8) Using scissors carefully remove the rubber bands from the tights.

9) Run them under water again.

10) Let the tights sit for a few hours before washing.

Enjoy your unique tights!