Name: Tracey

Message: Hello,
My name is Tracey and I'm from a Australia. I'm really hoping you can help me!  I want to dye my daughter's angora jacket for our wedding which is in 3 weeks.

Question: 
Is it possible to dye a soft pastel coloured item to a neutral cream colour?

What I'm wanting to do:
I want to change the colour of my daughter's angora jacket, which is pastel pink at the moment to a cream/ivory colour.  Can this be done in one step by using a suitable acid dye? Or would I have to bleach the garment first and then dye it?  What would you suggest?  I am new to dyeing and would appreciate any advice you could offer!
Many, many thanks.

No, I don't think that this is a good idea. There are many ways in which it could go very wrong, just ruining your daughter's jacket. 

Lightening the color from pastel to cream will require bleaching the angora. Ordinary household hypochlorite bleach will destroy the angora. There are other dye discharge agents which sometimes work on animal fibers such as wool, based on the chemical sodium hydrosulfite, but using them is very tricky. It might not remover the dye color; it might turn it to a completely different, unpleasant color; and it might cause the angora to mat into felt, losing its softness and beauty. It would be best to either buy another jacket, or use it in its current pastel color. Sorry.

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