Twisted Tie With Dunking Dye
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Try this unique tie-dye technique for a bright, beautiful T-shirt. For complete tie-dyeing instructions, check out
Tie-dyed T-shirts.
What you'll need
- 100-percent-cotton T-shirt
- Rubber bands
- Buckets or dish tubs (4-quart minimum)
- 2 or more colors of fabric dye
- Salt (1 cup per dye bath)
- Rubber bands and marbles and/or coins
- Spray bottles and plastic squeeze bottles
- Sealable plastic bags
- Latex gloves
Try these different tie-dye techniques:
Marble Tie With Spray-bottle Dye
Knotted Tie With Squirt-bottle Dye
How to make it
Tie It
Lay the shirt on a flat surface and decide where you want your design center to be. Pinch this up and fasten it tightly with a rubber band one inch from the top.
Continue fastening the shirt with rubber bands in 2- to 3-inch sections.
Dye It
Fill 4-quart buckets with your prepared dye baths. If you want to use just one color, dunk your whole shirt into that bucket and let it soak for 5 minutes. If you want a multicolored design, dunk the chosen sections of the shirt in the dye and hold it there for 3 to 5 minutes. The longer it soaks, the more vibrant the results.
