Tie dyeing is a method of dyeing cloth to produce a design. Tie dyeing is one of the oldest methods of printing designs on fabric, and various techniques are found in many cultures.
Typically, parts of a woven material are bunched together in a design and knotted or tied with a cord or string. The fabric is then submerged in dye. The tied sections are protected from absorbing the dye, thus creating the design. The fabric can be retied and submerged into dyes of other colors to create new patterns and color combinations.
