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This is a resist method of dyeing in which substrate in the form of yarn, fabric is tied with special thread and rubber band to resist dye penetration on the tied areas.
Tie and dye is a hand process in which yarn or fabric is wrapped in certain areas with fine threads or strings and then dyed.
Method:
- The results of tie and dye are sometimes similar in appearance to batik, but the designs are made differently.
- Tie and dye was practiced as far as 16 th century in India especially in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
- Materials suitable for tie and dye are georgette, lawn, cambric, poplin, khaddar, silk, nylon, mulmul.
- Both new as well as used materials can be given a new look by means of applying fresh colours and designs.
- In case of new materials, the fabric is first undergone through scouring process and ironed.
- For making tiny dots design mark small dots or circles in a desired place on the fabric.
- For making tiny dots pick each dot with 2 fingers or nails. Pick as little area as possible to have tiny dots when dyed. Hold firmly just below the dot and wound thread 2-3 times as tightly as possible from edge of the picked fabric.
- To get squares, circles, or ring designs :
Squares: Fold fabric in to 4-8 layers and tie. Pick fabric from the centre of the circle and stroke in to even folds. Hold folds below the edge of the circle and wind thread from the edge of the circle.
Tritic: For any design, draw design on fabric and make tiny running stitches along the traced out line. Then pull the thread tightly and fasten it.
- Tying is done either with a continuous thread or thread is cut after each spot is tied. The threads to tie dots should always be white.
- To obtain a mango design, draw a dotted mango design. The distance between the dots may be as desired but should not exceed ¾ inch. The lesser the distance between the dots the better the effect. Pick each dot with the help of your fingers or finger nail as already mentioned earlier and knot the area with thread.
- To obtain a striped design, stripes can be obtained in the three ways- diagonal, vertical and horizontal. They are obtained by tying up the whole width of the fabric or form one corner to the other in diagonal direction. Vertical stripes are made by pleating the whole width of the fabric from selvedge to selvedge. This may be tied at intervals with separate threads starting from one end to the other leaving a distance of ½ to inch. While tying gaps should be avoided.
- For diagonal stripes, the pleating should be in diagonal direction. In this the diagonal corners will meet.
- For horizontal stripes, pleat the fabrics on length wise and tying is followed. It is impossible to get a perfectly level stripe due to the gathering of the fabric but regularity in pleating will enhance the effect.
- To obtain a circular design, hold the material from the centre like an umbrella. Tie at different places depending up on the design.
Always use a while or any pastel coloured fabric to get effective results.
To obtain three colours namely white, yellow and red. First dye in yellow colour so that the tied portions will remain white. In case if yellow dots were also preferred along with white dots, then tie at few more places and dye the fabric in green colour at last.
The process is repeated as many times as desired by making new knots in other parts of the fabric and immersing the fabric in adding dye baths. This gives a characteristic blurred or mottled effect. Tied portions are then opened.
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