tie-dyeing

[tahy-dahy-ing]

noun

1. a process of hand-dyeing fabric, in which sections of the fabric are tightly bound, as with thread, to resist the dye solution, thereby producing a variegated pattern.

tie-dyeing

noun

1. Also called: tie-and-dye. a method of dyeing textiles to produce patterns by tying sections of the cloth together so that they will not absorb the dye

Word History and Origins

Origin of tie-dyeing¹

First recorded in 1900–05; tie-dye + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

They are turning it into breakfast cereal, tie-dyeing it and, in one case, wrapping it around baguettes.

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We spent a day in their lab to see how it all worked and even did some tie-dyeing on our own.

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What’s more joyful than learning a traditional tie-dyeing method?

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But it serves another purpose: When you’re all done tie-dyeing those tea towels, and they no longer spark joy, you’ve got new material to toss.

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“Everyone was forced to be creative this last year to face the challenges,” Mr. Rosario said, referring to the tie-dyeing, the sewing, the sourdough baking, the general reimagining of life that played out online and at home under quarantine.

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