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DIY Shibori

by Erica in D.I.Y.

May 20th, 2014

Today marks HonestlyWTF’s four year anniversary. Four years! To celebrate, we’re revisitingthe very first tutorial we ever featured on the site: shibori tie dye. Lauren and I firstdiscovered shibori after discovering an old photo on the web. The idea of recreating an ancientJapanese dyeing technique inspired us to spend an entire weekend experimenting with ourf avorite deep blue, indigo. After dyeing just about every white article of clothing in sight, ourblue stained fingers excitedly uploaded the tutorial – we couldn’t wait to share it with our 30readers. And so began the ongoing series of tutorials and DIYs. We hope you enjoy thethrowback, one of our favorites to date!

You’ll need:

an indigo dye kitnatural fiber clothing or fabric2 5 gallon bucketsrubber glovessmall wood squaresrubber bandstwinea PVC pipea long wooden sticka drop clothrubber glovesscissors

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When choosing fabric or clothing, it’s important that made of natural fibers. Cotton, wool, silkor linen work best. I also like to pre-wash my fabric before dyeing. Here I’m using rectangulardinner napkins but obviously, any shape or article of clothing will do! Here are just a few basicbinding techniques to try:

Itajime shibori is known as the shape-resist technique. To start, fold the fabric like anaccordion.

Fold it again in the other direction – again, like an accordion. Place it between two pieces of wood, or any flat shaped object, and bind it together with string or rubber bands. The shapesand rubber bands will prevent the dye from penetrating the fabric they cover. The larger the

shape and the more rubber bands you use, the more white you will see. The smaller the shapeand fewer rubber bands you use, the more indigo you will see.

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Arashi is the Japanese term for “storm” and it’s also known as the pole-wrapping technique. Itstarts by wrapping fabric around a plastic PVC pipe at a diagonal. Once the fabric is wrapped,

tie a piece of twine into a double knot at the base of the pipe.

Wrap the twine around the fabric. After 6-7 wraps around the pipe, scrunch the fabric down.Give the twine a strong tug to tighten. Tightening before scrunching will make it more difficultto control and move the fabric.







Continue wrapping, scrunching and tightening until all the fabric is compacted. Tie a knotabove the fabric. The pattern will be on a diagonal with thin lines of white, where the twine is

binding the fabric.

Kumo shibori is known as the pleat and bind technique. It involves binding the fabric in veryclose sections, which results in several spider like designs. This is just one of many ways toexperiment with this technique. Start by folding the fabric into an accordion. Pinch and bindinto equal sections.







Do the same with the opposite side, in staggered sections. Continue binding with rubberbands, working your way towards the center.

Keep binding until you can’t go any further. Add additional rubber bands to make the fabricinto a tight bundle.







Be resourceful when binding – use clamps, paper clips, binder clips, odd shaped woodenpieces, canning jar lids, etc. There is no right or wrong way to shibori!

To set up the indigo dye vat, follow the accompanying dye kit instructions. For this particularkit, start by filling a 5 gallon bucket with 4 gallons of warm water. Pour the indigo dye powderinto the bucket and stir in a circular motion.









Then pour in the soda ash and reduction agent. Stir again in a circular motion and then inreverse. It is important not to oxidize the dye bath so keeping it covered and stirring it gently

is recommended. Once the dyed is well mixed, cover for at least an hour. When you check onthe dye, you’ll notice a foamy oil-slick looking top layer and a neon yellow-greenish coloredliquid below. This is when you know the dye is ready.

Rinse the fabric in another bucket of clean water. Squeeze out all the water beforesubmerging it into the indigo dye bath. Gently manipulate and massage the dye into the fabric.Again, try not to agitate the dye by working gently under the surface of the dye.







After about 5 minutes, take the fabric out of the dye. It will have a green hue but after severalminutes, as it is exposed to oxygen, it will turn dark blue. Carefully peek inside one of your

pieces and you’ll see the areas in which the dye wasn’t able to penetrate. Lookin’ good!

After all the pieces have been dyed and allowed to oxidize, go ahead and repeat the dyingprocess. The more it goes into the dye bath, the darker the indigo hue the fabric will be. Andremember, the fabric will always look darker when wet and will fade a bit when washed forthe first time.







After dyeing, allow the pieces to dry and set. I like to leave them overnight before unwrappingthe pieces. Put on a fresh pair of gloves, grab a pair of scissors and keep that bucket of cleanwater nearby. Give the bound pieces a good rinse in water and then carefully snip away therubber bands and twine. First up is the shape resist technique. See how the fabric is griddedwith striped lines from the rubber bands? My wooden squares weren’t able to exclude the dyecompletely and I love it! That is the beauty of shibori – there are no mistakes.






Now for the pole tying technique . . .

And the pleated and bound resist technique . . .







I used binder clips here to bind a square accordion fold.

Here, I simply knotted all four corners of the fabric individually.







And then there is the good ol’ binding method we all did in grade school.

Once all the pieces have been unwrapped, wash them in the washing machine with cold waterwithout detergent. Line dry, or dry on the lowest heat setting in a dryer, and iron to set thecolor.







The dye vat should allow you to dye at least 5 pounds of fabric. If you keep it covered aftereach use, it should last up to 5 days. Have fun!

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Congratulations for this 4 years!! this DIY is really cool!!!

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Congratulations on 4 years! Love this DIY.

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Very nice in spiration.

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Margot

Love the idea of napkins! Makes me nostalgic for that time 4(!!!!) years ago. XO

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Love this DYI! Might give it a try over the weekend.

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Happy 4 years! Love this technique! Xoxo

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Congratulations on your 4 year anniversary and wish all the best for the next years to come!

Also,this tutorial is so great! The tips on how to keep the textiles and set the patterns!

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How cool!

This is a definite must-try~

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Lindsay / Shop Ella Lou

I have been wanting to try shibori (and even bought the indigo dye supplies a few months ago)but have been hesitant for some reason. Your tutorial was one of the most robust tutorials I

have seen – thank you for sharing! This is just the impetus I need to give it a try this weekend

(yay for long holiday weekends!).

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this is so cool!

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I just saw a ton of indigo tie dye in Bazaar Magazine. I’ll have to try some of these! They’re

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Congrats on four great years! Can’t wait for many many more

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Love your blog,I do love how you explain all DiY.

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Indigo Tie Die. So Hot right Now!

There is always something nostalgic about the tie die and Summer.

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Lovely inspo and DIY!

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Bre & Ree

Congratulations on your anniversary! How exciting! And thank you so much for sharing the

DIY tie dye, it’s absolutely gorgeous and my daughter would adore a project like this. Have a

great week!

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It’s really a nice and useful piece of info. I am happy that you shared this helpful

info with us. Please keep us informed like this.

Thanks for sharing.

Lisa Kaufman

Happy DIY Anniversary! Thanks for sharing all of your rockin projects!

Marsha

I have to try this! It is so cool! Thanks for four years of DIY!

Lauren

Can beat a bit of tie dye for summer

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Love this diy <3

jennine

Happy blogiversary! Can’t believe it’s been 4 years!

What a wonderful DIY, so pretty!

Abhilasha

OMG this is so pretty….makes me wanna jump off my chair …right into a bucket of dye!! so

beautiful

MaríaWOW, amazing technique!

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Congrats on your 4 successful years. Love your blog. Pat S

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Congrats! I wonder if you have advice about how to do shibori on a garment?

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I can’t believe it’s already been 4 years… congrats!

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What a great throw back. Congratulations at reaching 4 years.

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Thank you for providing a great idea along with the directions. At Afrobeatnik, we have an

artisan program where you can create more by working less. I see many connections between

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Bee

Happy 4th Anniversary!!! I hope you had an epic dinner party and used these beautiful

creations as napkins or placemats, or heck – beautiful flags in the night breeze!! Love your

site! Definitely pinning this one for future use! Thanks!

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Wow. Absolutely must DIY! Congratulations on the four years by the way!

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Thank you for the thorough tutorial.

sumona

Honestly , brilliant and simple ideas..

Maitland

Great tutorial and great results too – glad you reposted it after 4 years.

Kara Bloom

Wow, your binding techniques are so creative and they all turned out so rad! I just started

experimenting with indigo; it’s pretty addicting! I also started an Etsy shop with some indigo

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Sakura_Fujiko

Each piece is absolutely beautiful! A great DIY Tutorial and what a great result!

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Tie dye definetly made a comeback.

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Karen Shannon

WOW! This is amazing! I gotta try this! So much perfect this summer.

Congratulations for the wonderful 4 years! Keep it going.

Carla

How gorgeous! Do you think this technique can work on a large wool blanket? Or is it best for

small pieces of fabric?

Erica

@Carla, Yes – it would definitely work on larger pieces of fabric like a blanket. I would just

make sure you leave it in the vat long enough and be sure to return it to the dye vat a few

times so that color really saturates. Good luck!

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<3 brilliant, your are

Lis

This is so amazing! Going to try!

Angela

This was a great tutorial. I took a workshop from John Marshall several years ago and bought

the Indigo Dye kit. Bur your Shibori tutorial was excellent and helped me create some beautiful

patterns (like yours). I do have one question, though. I loved the white/blue contrast but once


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I washed them (actually more like rinsed) my white turned into a pretty light blue. Did I leave

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Great and Excellent and I am trying now but It’s harder to find same as yours.

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Excellent, I have made it… Huhhhaaaa

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Thanks so much. Can’t wait to start dyeing.

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Wow, 4 years! I hope hapinesswherever.wordpress.com is ard 4 yrs later- and if I’m half as

successful as HonestlyWTF would be elated Didn’t know this technique was called Shiori

Love learning new things!

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Where did you purchase napkins for dyeing?

Beautiful post!

Thank you.

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I love tie dye, I enjoyed it so much at school, this makes me miss it a lot! I love the colours

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This is one of the BEST tutorials I have seen– Thanks so much for doing this!

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One of the best tutorials ever !! amazing. thanks

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very nice ideas

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Can’t wait to try this! How do you dispose of the dye solution post-project? Thanks!

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is this vat dye or reactive dye you used?

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What is the powder that you are uaing?

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You are a prolific teacher, nice teaching

Julia

Do you think it is possible to do the same techniques but use bleach instead of the dye?

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Terri TwoPinkPeas

Boy, you created some beautiful patterns. I’m definitely gonna try your techniques soon.

About 2 weeks ago my daughter and I did some tie dye shirts for her friends at school and I

wish that I had found your blog before we did our projects. Thanks so much for sharing. Am

definitely sharing this on my Pinterest. Take care, Terri of Two Pink Peas.

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karla

i am in love with this process of shiboir! thank you so much for the easy to follow and “you can

do it” how to!

i put my own experience on my blog and linked it back to you for the beautiful photos and tips!

glad i found you!!

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That tie dye has come out so well, and it looks like such a fun process too!

Tamara Shurling

Beautiful! There is one, bottom line all the way to the left, almost looks like feathers, how did

you do that one?

nancymrazchase

You mention soda ash and reduction agent. does this come in the pkg of Indigo Blue ? Or is

that separate?

Erica

@Nancy, yes – both are included in the Indigo Kit!

Priyanka

Thanks Erica for the beautiful experiment and so nice of you for sharing it with us. Result is

amazing and will definitely try it.

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What is the technique you used to get the pattern second from the left in the upper row? I

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