tie-dyeing

American  

[tahy-dahy-ing] / ˈtaɪˌdaɪ ɪŋ /

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.

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tie-dyeing British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of tie-dyeing

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.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

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

From The Verge • Aug. 23, 2022

Later, she began tie-dyeing some of the venue’s black T’s in bleach, which she’d stocked up on because of the pandemic.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2020

With no budget, according to a Los Angeles Times story, he went to New York’s Greenwich Village to persuade artists to use Rit Dye for tie-dyeing.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2018

“Rain and I do our own tie-dyeing at the community.”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman