To Dye Silk Stockings

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons archil
• hot water
• cold water
• olive oil

Directions

1. Wash and boil the stockings in soap and water if needed, then rinse in hot water.

2. Soak the stockings in a basin of hot water with archil until they reach a half-violet or lilac shade.

3. Remove the stockings and lightly rinse them in cold water.

4. Dry the stockings in fumes of brimstone until they reach the desired flesh color.

5. Rub the right side with clean flannel or glass, then calender them.

6. For black stockings, finish by rubbing them with flannel moistened with olive oil for half an hour.