Definitions for "Tie-dye"
Keywords:  dye, dyed, tying, soaking, textile
a method of producing colorful swirled patterns on cloth by tying it with string, rubberbands, etc. to shield parts of the fabric from the dye. Tie-dyed clothing was popular with the counter-culture because it was home-made and individualistic, rather than commercial and mass-produced.
a resist method of dyeing in which fabrics or yarns are tied then dyed.
A technique of dyeing natural fabrics that involves soaking the fabric in a fixer, folding, twisting, or scrunching the fabric, and then squirting the dye formula on the folds. Then, letting it sit 2-24 hours in plastic bags, rinsing and washing it out