I have a pink tweed skirt, and would like to dye it a dark green or a grey... perhaps even burgundy.

Is there a safe way to do this without wrecking the garment? can i just purchase regular denim dye, or is there something specific for tweed? I also have a tweed dress, which i bought online. Sadly there is glitter tweed throughout it, would dying this garment be rid of that? Let me know your thoughts.


What is its fiber content? A tweed made from 100% wool can be dyed with acid dye, though it will probably shrink significantly, since you must use hot water to dye wool. A tweed made from synthetic fibers usually cannot be dyed. If there's a bit of glitter fiber but the tweed is mostly natural fibers, the glitter should stay unchanged, while the dye alters the color of the natural fibers.

Look at my page on "Choosing the right dye for your fiber " to choose the right kind of dye for the fiber content of the garment you want to dye.

You cannot use cotton dyes to dye wool. Packaged fiber reactive dyes such as Dylon Machine Dye and Dylon Permanent Dye contain high-pH chemicals which will damage wool and which will neutralize the acid needed for dyeing wool. All-purpose dyes, such as Rit or Tintex, contain a mix of cotton dyes with wool dyes, so they can be used on wool. The results will be less wash-resistant than if you use more washfast acid dyes, but that will be okay if you make a habit of dry cleaning the garment.

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[Portions of this answer were also posted, by me, on Yahoo answers, on September 30, 2008.]