Help on dyeing clothes

[addyb]

I want to dye a skirt dark purple because I cannot find one anywhere in the shops !!!

As I have loads of black skirts, can I dye a black skirt purple?

Alternatively, would dyeing a beige linen skirt with a purple and black dye be okay ?

Thanks in advance for any advice / help

[ummmm]

Black won't dye purple because it's black....

Why purple and black dye? Just purple...

[rowanwitch]

Not strictly true....if the black skirt is in a natural fabric you could strip the dye from it first.... if you want a really dark purple one pack of purple dye with no more than 2 teaspoons of black as it is very overpowering, by the time you buy stripper, two lots of dye, and the salt etc you would be able to buy a skirt they are out there try the big chains in a week or two when the autumn stuff really comes out.. best advice is to trawl the charity shops for a skirt in a lighter colour in cotton or linen and dye that...