The Tie Dye Experiment
Shirts And Yarn
With Sara Sach of
pretty and fun!
What You Need:
A Tie Dye Kit like this one --->>>
Baking Soda
White Vinegar
Large Zip Lock bags
100% Cotton Shirts
or
100% Cotton Yarn
What's In The Kit:
Plastics Gloves
Rubber bands
10 Squeeze Bottle with the dye
(just add water)
I purchased it at Walmart for about $15.00
With this Kit I dyed 4 Shirts and a Ball of yarn, and I still have a little left.
Okay, let's Get Started:
Soak your shirts or yarn
in a warm bath with
a few Table spoons of
Pure Baking soda.
This will help the fabric
or Yarn soak in the dye.
I soaked mine for about
30 minutes and wrung it out.
White the shirts were soaking I laid out a plastic table cloth.
Put on the plastic Gloves, and
Followed the directions for adding water to the dye bottles.
Let's Talk About The Shirts First:
After I wrung out the excess water, and while still damp,
we decided on a technique for banding the shirts.
There are literally 100's of them.
Check on Pinterest or Google search.
This one I folded over and striped it.
Randomly adding the rubber bands.
This one I tried a spiral method.
I began adding the different color dyes,
I added a lot. It was dripping.
When they were ready, I gently sipped them in
Zip Lock bags. They need to sit, in the sun or warm
place for about 6 to 8 hours.
Slip them out of the bag and rinse them in Cold water with a Couple of Table Spoons of Vinegar.
The Vinegar helps to set the dye.
The Vinegar helps to set the dye.
Gently remove the bands, some people cut them,
but I was afraid I would cut the shirts.
Rinse the shirts until the dye stops running and
the water is clear.
Wring them out and hang them up to dry in sun if possible.
Now, Lets Talk About The Cotton Yarn:
The Method is the same, but not exactly.
Be sure to wrap and band your yarn before the
Baking Soda Soak or ....
you will get this:
And it is nearly impossible to untangle wet yarn!
The length of the wraps are about my arms length,
then folded in half.
I did not measure it.
The Rest is basically the same - Dye the yarn.
The amount of bands and colors is up to you.
I Did place a row of paper towels under the yarn,
it seemed to be messier then the shirts.
And then slip it into a zip lock bag and
let it rest in the sun or warm place,
for about 6 to 8 hours.
Slip it out of the bag and rinse them in Cold water with
a Couple of Table Spoons of Vinegar.
Gently removes the bands.
Rinse until the dye stops running and the water is clear.
Gently Wring them out
and hang them up to dry
in sun if possible.
These projects were
so fun to make,
and now I have some
wonderful yarn
to play with.
I will be heading to the Yarn store for
more cotton yarn tomorrow!
How I Tie Dyed Washcloth and Yarn - LINK
Tie Dye Cotton Drawstring Bag - LINK
