Tie-Dye Technique: Knotted Tie With Squirt-Bottle 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.
Tips
Try these different tie-dye techniques:
Marble
Tie With Spray-bottle Dye
Twisted
Tie With Dunking Dye
| Prep Time: Afternoon or Evening | |
| What you 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 | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: dyes, T-shirts | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | 
Tie It
Grab a small section of the shirt, both front and back layers, and twist it as tightly as possible. Fold over the tip of the twist and fasten it snugly with a rubber band. |
| 2. |  Make different-size twists all over your shirt, or keep
them consistent and in a pattern to get results similar to the
T-shirt above. |
| 3. | 
Dye It
Fill the bottles with the individually prepared dye baths and squeeze drops onto your shirt. If you use this technique on a knotted or marbled shirt, try squeezing one color onto and around each of the tied sections. |
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