Tie-Dye

Tie-dye was a very fun technique used in the Hippie style subculture, and it became very trendy in Fashion nowadays.

For centuries, the craft of tie-and-dye was widespread in all parts of the world. It was especially well developed in the great silk regions of India, China and Japan, as well as in West Africa and some parts of Central America.

Before the discover of synthetic dyes, the colours were extracted from natural sources such as flowers,indigo,walnuts,linchen,etc. The preparation was much more laborious than of course the use of easy applied dyed of our generation.

The basic principal of tie-and-dye, is the method 'tritik'. The dye is prevented from reaching parts of the fabric by either knotting, stitching or folding and tying with thread,string or raffia. The more tighteneted and reduced , the better result will be. There are different types of tritiks : knotting,marbling,pegging, pleating,binding-in,etc...

The material has to be wet in cold water before dampening it into dye. Remember, the light colors comes first and the darker colours comes afterwards. Once the dye is completed, the fabric has to been rinced thoroughly in cold water again, squeezed out and left to partly dry.