HERE'S A FUN FREE LESSON ...
1. Enlist an assistant ... our Siamese cat Samai LOVES to help. But hey, you can do it without a helper. It's so easy! ...
2. Prepare Liquid Radiance in applicator bottles - dilute your required colours 1 part concentrate to 3 parts water - but up to 1 part conc in 6 parts water will still give good strong colour.
3. Wet socks in water and squeeze them out well to remove excess water.
4. Put socks onto a piece of poly-pipe (or you can use a large drink bottle with straight sides), one at each end ...
... then scrunch them along the pole, and hold socks in place with rubber bands at each end.
5. Lay socks on an old towel ready to colour. You'll roll the socks across the towel as you work.
6. Press the prepared colour into the socks. In my samples here I have worked down the pole, applying different colours.
HINT: Leave a small 'gap' between the colours at first - about 1/2 cm should be enough, but this will varty according to the thockness of the socks being coloured. The colour should spread through the fabric and meet up. If after about ten minutes the colours don't meet up, add a little more colour.
7. Touch up the toes where colour hasn't bled in completely.
8. Sit pole onto something like an up-turned plastic container so the wet socks are suspended, and allow to dry. An up-turned egg carton will hold the pole securely too.
9. When dry, remove socks from the pole.
10. Cover with an old teatowel and iron each sock for about 1 minute to permanently set the Liquid Radiance colours.
NOTE: Socks are totally washable. However, you may notice a little colour come out in the very first wash water, depending on the amount of colour used and the amount of elastane in the socks. After the first wash, colours will be secure, and only wear out as the socks do.
SAMPLE IN PICTURES shows my 'rainbow socks' ... colours used are (in this order) yellow, red, purple, blue, green, teal, and lime. You'll find these colours in our basic range,
or mix them using our Colour Mixing Guide.
Here are the socks, ready to heat set ... no, you won't ever need to iron your socks again! Just once is enough to make them colourfast and totally washable.
For more information about our "Sexy Sox!" techniques,
ask about our CD - "Garments Galore" available late in 2010.
My apologies to those of you who have been waiting eagerly for our CDs to become a reality. Not much longer to wait now !!!