Once your shirt is all spiraled up, it’s time to add some rubber bands.
Tie dye hoodie techniques. 17+ tie dye patterns and folding techniques 1. Now, it’s time to dye! Creating a heart pattern is a good introduction to create more complex tie dye patterns.
Bundle your crumpled shirt with rubber bands. You want to remove as much dye as possible before washing. Soda ash helps fix the fiber reactive dye to the fabric to remain bright.
Afterward, fold in half horizontally. Hold on to that small section. Next, measure in ¾ of soda ash for every gallon of water you put in the bucket.
Tie dying a hoodie is a little different that tie dyeing a regular shirt. Fill the cups with water and some dye salt, then mix. Pole wrapping/tying fabric over tubes.
Tie dying techniques shown are ombre method, shibori method, spiral method, crumple method and. For a high contrast pattern keep hoodie in dyebath for 3 to. Toss the hoodie in your washing machine.
Use plastic buckets to contain dye. In this video i show and describe the entire process that i used to make a snakeskin looking tie dye shirt. This will allow the dye to pull into your fabric better.