Weekend Projection | Dye It!
Friday, 10 July 2015
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This ship service is inwards collaboration amongst Roots Canada together with their Roots Raw Collection.
We've ever wanted to crusade our paw at dyeing (especially shibori-style) together with its funny how sometimes a piffling nudge volition exhibit yous the way. We were sent a overnice bundle from our friends at Roots terminal week, quest us to crusade our paw at dyeing the Roots Raw Collection. An unprocessed, undyed fleece, which makes for a perfect blank sail to pattern your really ain classic pullover.
So nosotros spent a flake of fourth dimension learning together with through a flake of case together with error, are straight off completely hooked together with desire to dye everything inwards sight! Loved how the Roots Raw Collection sweatshirts turned out —we made 2 versions, i shibori-style together with the other similar a watercolour. If yous similar to know how nosotros made them, click below to discovery out!
Shibori-Style
What You Need
1 Shirt
1 Bottle of Dye (we used the Tulip One-Step Tie Dye) inwards Navy Blue
Rubber gloves (usually comes amongst the tie-dye )
Elastic Bands (usually comes amongst the tie-dye )
Water to fill upwards up to the line inwards the bottle
Plastic tablecloth or garbage bags to piece of work on
Paper towels to soak upwards excess dye
Plastic Wrap
This i is super slowly together with actually yous exclusively convey to permit fourth dimension create it for you. We did a unproblematic accordian bend (vertically), although (horizontally) would live rad also together with this is what it made! So excited how it turned out! Here's a few images of how nosotros did it:
Step 1:
Wash together with dry out your shirt first. Cover your piece of work expanse amongst a plastic tabular array cloth or garbage bags. Lay out your shirt (or whatsoever you're going to dye) together with start to bend - accordian style. The thicker the bend together with stuff the thicker the outcome.
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| Fold accordian style |
Wrap elastic bands virtually 2 inches apart all the agency along the shirt. Put on condom gloves. Fill H2O one-half agency inwards your dye bottle together with give it a skilful milk shiver (with the lid on of course). Then fill upwards the residue of the bottle upwards to the line indicated on the bottle. Make certain your cloth is moisture start earlier dying, otherwise the dye won't run similar yous desire it to. We only dipped ours into a sink together with squeezed out the excess. Start to squirt the dye onto the cloth inwards each section, ensuring non to squirt straight onto the elastic covered area. The dye volition spread a flake together with yous desire to exit virtually a one-half inch or thus on each side clear. Follow the same through each section. Turn over gently, together with exercise the other side the same.
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| Wrap elastic bands inwards virtually 2 inch sections |
Wrap inwards plastic wind to kicking the bucket along it moist. Let sit down for half-dozen - viii hours. We did 7.
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| Mix dye from instructions inwards the bottle together with squirt onto each department - making certain non to spray straight all the agency on each elastic. Leave the elastic expanse a flake clear of dye. |
Step 4:
Unwrap elastic bands together with rinse out excess dye. Wash inwards machine amongst lather together with dry.
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| Unwrap, rinse out excess dye together with and then launder inwards machine amongst soap |
Step 5:
Marvel at your beautiful dye job!
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| Shibori!!! |
Watercolour Style
What You Need
1 Shirt
2 Bottles of Dye (we used the Tulip One-Step Tie Dye) inwards Blue together with Green
Watercolour ink holder - or piffling jars to agree your dye
Rubber gloves (usually comes amongst the tie-dye )
2 Paintbrushes (one for each colour)
Water spray bottle
Water to fill upwards up to the line inwards the bottle together with a piffling extra to operate to dip pigment brush inwards to spread colour
Plastic tablecloth or garbage bags to piece of work on
Paper towels to soak upwards excess dye
Plastic Wrap
How nosotros made it
This i is a piffling to a greater extent than trickier, but nonetheless i time yous acquire the knack, nonetheless easy. We advise practicing start on a slice of fighting stuff to acquire the idea.
Step 1:
Wash your shirt first. Leave wet. Cover your piece of work expanse amongst a plastic tabular array cloth or garbage bags. Lay out your shirt.
Step 2:
Put on condom gloves. Fill H2O one-half agency inwards your dye bottle together with give it a skilful milk shiver (with the lid on of course). Then fill upwards the residue of the bottle upwards to the line indicated on the bottle. Make certain your cloth is moisture start earlier dying, otherwise the dye won't run similar yous desire it to. Fill 2 containers amongst a piffling flake of each colouring of dye to dip your pigment brushes into. Dip your paintbrush into i of the colours together with start to dab (like stenciling dabbing) the colouring onto the cloth (and i side of the shirt). You should reckon the colouring spreading a bit. If yous don't, yous tin spray a piffling flake of H2O to brand the colouring spread a piffling better. Keep dabbing roofing the areas yous like. We advise crusade dabbing to acquire inwards expect similar clouds to acquire the resultant nosotros have. Careful when the 2 colours meet, non to overlap also much, otherwise yous powerfulness acquire a unclean colouring yous powerfulness non want.
Step 3:
We left the backside blank, every bit it would live also tricky to give together with non mess upwards the colours. Cover amongst plastic wind together with permit sit down for half-dozen - viii hours. Rinse out excess dye together with and then launder amongst lather together with dry out inwards a dryer.
And that's it! So slowly together with thus fun! We dear them! You should totally brand one!
This ship service is inwards collaboration amongst Roots Canada together with their Roots Raw Collection. While the Roots earth famous crew looks deceptively simple, it's captured the hearts of Canadians for decades—and for skilful reason. You'll discovery the same comfort together with lineament craftmanship inwards their Roots Raw Collection, made amongst unprocessed, undyed fleece. Think of it every bit the perfect blank sail to pattern your really ain classic pullover. You tin habiliment the raw collection as-is or create an particular that is really one-of-a-kind. Epress your individuality; draw, dye, or cutting your crew into your ultimate manner statement!