Tie-dye is enjoying a major resurgence as a fashionable way to update and personalise clothes and accessories.
The great thing about tie-dye is that it's such an easy craft project to do at home, for a fraction of the cost of items you'll find in the shops. It's also a great way to upcycle an old T-shirt or shirt you no longer wear.
Ready to get started? You can find a step-by-step T-shirt tie-dye guide below, using a traditional tie-dye technique shown in the video tutorial above.
What is tie-dye?
Tie-dye is actually based on ancient dyeing techniques, but it got its name in the US in the 1960s and was closely linked to the hippy movement.
It typically involves twisting, folding and crumpling fabric and then tying with string or elastic bands before dipping in fabric dye. The dye will only take on untied parts of the fabric, creating patterns depending on how the fabric was manipulated and bound.
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