The silk yarn was dyed with a solution of mangosteen dye,keeping a material to liquor ratio of 1:25.
Dyeing was carried out by shaking the silk yarn with dye solution in a conical flask at 60 oC for 1 hour in a thermostatted shaker bath operated at 100 strokes/min.
After dyeing, the cotton yarn was washed with water to remove the unfixed dye and then air dried.