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
Refers to a wide variety of dye processes. Generally refers to any dye process in which a pattern is produced by a "resist" from folding, twisting or tying material in various ways.
A resist-dyeing process which is done by knotting, binding, folding or sewing parts of a cloth, or yarn, so that the dye cannot penetrate those areas. See ikat, patola and shbori.
A traditional dyeing process in which fabric is tied and dyed.
A dyeing technique in which design areas are bound or tied in order to prevent the dye penetrating the bound area while the textile is soaking in the dye bath, producing a pattern by contrasting the dyed areas with the original undyed cloth.
Tie-dye is typically brightly colored, patterned textile or clothing which is made from ordinary cloth, usually cotton, through a resist dyeing process known as tie-dyeing. This is the modern version of a traditional dyeing method, used in many cultures in Asia and Africa. Tye-dyeing was briefly very fashionable in the West in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as part of hippy style.