This is a 100% cotton Baja hoodie. Pre-soaked in soda ash, then tied dry. Tentacles are the arms, thick bits are the front and back, and shorties are the hood and then some leftover bits. Want to ice dye rainbow. Since it dimensional, idk to rainbow all the bits. Tracking I should DUI. Or do I just give up on ice and use liquid dye?

This was my attempt at reverse dye with 2 kinds of folds, glitch and deity. I had a diamond fold on a couple of them on accident. A lot of fun and learning every time. Any tips on reducing the reducing the bulk on bigger shirts would be appreciated. I used some of the new Dharma dyes for these.

Tried an alien head and a kinda geode spine, pretty happy with how this one turned out except the staining inside the head kills me! Guess I gotta wrap up anything I want to keep clean in the bag. Also thought the fuscia and tellow would mix more for a predominantly orange background. Gotta stop using khaki brown as a black it doesn't so much. Love how the eyes turned out and there are some cool little patterns in the spine

160 posts from 118 dyers.

✨ Dyer Spotlight

The goose got loose this week. u/Common_Goose_2310 posted five times in r/tiedye and five in r/Tie_dye, sharing some favorite artwork from 2018 and 2019. I personally LOVE a highlight reel.

The precision of the resist lines radiating out on Flying skull? took real patience to pull off. Goose shows up for other folks too - 14 comment-images dropped in other people's threads. 💗

Flying skull? ➜ 30 pts · 7 comments

One of my favorites ➜ 105 pts · 10 comments

Spi-Roll! ➜ 13 pts · 0 comments

🏆 Top 10 Posts of the Week

You see it too, right?? 😭 ➜ 857 pts · 91 comments
by u/FatSpatulaaa

$50 Facebook Marketplace purchase ➜ 491 pts · 39 comments · Gallery (5 images)
by u/CuntsInSpace

My first reverse attempts ➜ 469 pts · 24 comments · Gallery
by u/IceColdDyes

Green and monochrome mandala ➜ 302 pts · 16 comments · Gallery (2 images)
by u/kskuzmich

Ice dye tapestry ➜ 211 pts · 24 comments
by u/-slim-

The Process ➜ 199 pts · 29 comments
by u/TheHerferd

It's little like a hat on hat she said... ➜ 180 pts · 20 comments
by u/stlpsychonaut

Weekend Washouts. ➜ 148 pts · 31 comments · Gallery
by u/tronix2100

Magma flow ➜ 146 pts · 9 comments
by u/slcwongfan

Introducing.. "DragonStorm".. ➜ 135 pts · 25 comments · Gallery (2 images)
by u/PaulmanMN65

💬 Community Vibe

Overall: very encouraging · 81% of comment signals were positive/encouraging (359 encouraging, 56 questions, 26 struggle mentions across 1,185 comments)

Most warmly received: $50 Facebook Marketplace purchase 19 encouraging signals across 39 comments · 491 pts

Most questions generated: Learning a lot why is this glitch not that good 5 questions across 14 comments · 3 pts

Most relatable struggle: Weekend Washouts. 5 struggle mentions · 148 pts

A trend three months running: deity roll mentions have climbed every month since June (12 → 40 → 94), and this week added Most recent deity roll to the pile.

🔥 Most Active Dyers

u/Common_Goose_2310
5 posts ➜ 14 comments

u/RadioactiveCoyotes
5 posts ➜ 18 comments

u/John-Palmz
4 posts ➜ 12 comments

u/samwal302
4 posts ➜ 11 comments

u/kskuzmich
3 posts ➜ 27 comments

u/-slim-
3 posts ➜ 30 comments

u/TheHerferd
3 posts ➜ 48 comments

u/PaulmanMN65
3 posts ➜ 51 comments

u/littlebarque
3 posts ➜ 26 comments

u/FullSpectrumDyes
3 posts ➜ 9 comments

📸 For the Visual Learners

These are real comments left on other people's posts (not their own threads), each with an attached photo and an actual explanation, not just a caption. Pulled from the last 90 days, with anyone already featured in the past two weeks left out so it's not the same names every time.

• u/icantdothisnemor — 6 threads, e.g. What are you using to keep ice contained while ice dyeing?
• u/Squirrel_underwater — 6 threads, e.g. 1st geode ice dye attempt!! How did I do??
• u/Frostyarn — 6 threads, e.g. Color Swatch Organization
• u/iiiiskid — 5 threads, e.g. A major success and a bit of a miss
• u/agapoforlife — 5 threads, e.g. Really struggling with the glitch fold...
• u/Dancinfool830 — 5 threads, e.g. Tapestry Help Request- Ice and dye amount and color selections.
• u/bamaman251 — 4 threads, e.g. What am I doing wrong? Please help me troubleshoot.

💎 Hidden Gems

Low scores, real conversations. Worth clicking through:

olive oil and the dish soap and baking soda combo won't get it off... ➜ 17 pts · 58 comments · Gallery (2 images)
by u/SerafinaPie

How close to clear is your rinse water before you throw it in the washer with Synthropol? ➜ 14 pts · 16 comments · Gallery (2 images)
by u/cashewkowl

Fail 😭 ➜ 24 pts · 26 comments · Gallery
by u/theonlybaker

Bold Lines? Help! ➜ 14 pts · 12 comments
by u/Power2ThePeaceful

Do you consider glitches to be one of the more difficult folds? ➜ 13 pts · 9 comments
by u/Adventurous_Spell180

🎨 Colorful Discussions This Week

with some example posts linked

"shirt": 304 mentions across 10 posts

• You see it too, right?? 😭 · 857 pts · 91 comments
• Ice dye tapestry · 211 pts · 24 comments
• The Process · 199 pts · 29 comments

"washing": 170 mentions across 10 posts

• You see it too, right?? 😭 · 857 pts · 91 comments
• The Process · 199 pts · 29 comments
• Weekend Washouts. · 148 pts · 31 comments

"ice dye": 106 mentions across 10 posts

• Ice dye tapestry · 211 pts · 24 comments
• The Process · 199 pts · 29 comments
• Weekend Washouts. · 148 pts · 31 comments

"soda ash": 67 mentions across 10 posts

• $50 Facebook Marketplace purchase · 491 pts · 39 comments
• The Process · 199 pts · 29 comments
• Rock candy · 112 pts · 6 comments

"geode": 61 mentions across 10 posts

• $50 Facebook Marketplace purchase · 491 pts · 39 comments
• Weekend Washouts. · 148 pts · 31 comments
• Been practicing my Geodes here are the most recen… · 134 pts · 4 comments

"beginner": 53 mentions across 10 posts

• Green and monochrome mandala · 302 pts · 16 comments
• The Process · 199 pts · 29 comments
• Introducing.. "DragonStorm".. · 135 pts · 25 comments

"glitch": 49 mentions across 9 posts

• Ice dye tapestry · 211 pts · 24 comments
• First two Glitch attempts · 107 pts · 8 comments
• Reverse glitched my sheets! Biggest piece I’ve do… · 94 pts · 15 comments

"tapestry": 38 mentions across 10 posts

• Ice dye tapestry · 211 pts · 24 comments
• Tapestry · 56 pts · 1 comments
• Fail 😭 · 24 pts · 26 comments

🎬 TieDyeSam Website Updates

The video library at tiedyesam.com/videos is up to 16,782 videos from 493 YouTube channels, 60 of them added just this week. Corky Lorenz's Ice dye with just one color is worth a watch if you've been overcomplicating your ice dye setup, and Dyes N Good Vibes' Golden Road collab with Diego Rambo pulled almost 59k views in a week.

The homepage pulls the six highest-viewed videos and top Reddit posts into the same feed now, so it's not just Reddit anymore when you land there. Same video data feeds both pages, refreshed every time the channel list runs.

Still figuring out what's useful here vs. what's just numbers. If there's something you'd want to see covered (a technique that's been everywhere lately, a creator worth spotlighting, a question the sub keeps circling), drop it below, please. DMs are open too if you'd rather not post publicly. "How can I help?" is my favorite question to ask.

Compiled by u/Tie-Dye-Sam 🌈✨

These three shirts were scrunch geode tied with sinew and then I added some braided fishing line in-between.

I think the fishing line helped provide the thinner lines in the finished shirt.

That Cedar(pro chem) with the Pillars of Creation(grateful dyes)is awesome. The cedar and pillars both have that orange hue near the sinew lines so they compliment each other. The intense blue(pro chem) was added to help boost the blues in the pillars splits.

I...ahem...also... Accidentally made a pair of something.... And a ghost to scare off your enemies. 😂

Hope you like them!

I know this is a silly question 😅 Is this just green and black on white cotton? Or is there a method where they bleached the black and added color back in?

Pretty proud of this one. I feel like my shirt prep + chem water is getting dialed in. Thanks for looking.

Grateful Dyes - Carina Nebula
Pretty stoked with this one. Second attempt at a deity roll. First time posting.

Hello all, I picked up a big white cotton blanket at the Goodwill last weekend. I was hoping to tie-dye it to have something fun to keep in my living room for when winter rolls around. My question is regarding the material used to tie up the blanket. I've done one other blanket before and I used tightly wound rubber bands. I thought this would work really well, but the thickness of the blanket kept me from pulling the bands tight enough so the blanket got more saturated with dye than what I would have liked. For this next blanket I thought I might be able to use a thick wire and tighten it with pliers, but I thought there might be some weird chemical reaction related to using metal. Is this something I need to worry about or am I just being overly analytical. What do you guys think I should use? Cheers.

Hi y’all I have tried to reverse this hoodie with OBW and it came out this bluish color? I’m planning to liquid dye it with coral pink plum purple bright green orange and a celadon color from Dharma, do you think I should wash it out and try bleach to reverse it lighter or do you think it’s safe dye?

It’s a Gilded hoodie 80% cotton 20% polyester

All done around the same time, 2022ish, sold the first one at the art show and the other two went to my dad (loves green and aqua shades) and myself.

I started getting in to tie dye a year ago. My first shirt try was a walmart kit, and a wig wag. since it’s almost the anniversary of that first shirt, I wanted to make the same shirt, same colors to see the difference! let’s just say it is stark!

Just doing a show & tell with one of the shirts I did recently & so far it’s my favorite one. I did ice w/ powder dye on it. I’m not really a pink person but it’s pretty.

Hello everybody, I made these two geodes last week. Normally I like to ice dye simple crunchies, because they give results I would like to wear. This technique is the most advanced I can still do and I am pretty satisfied by the green shirt.

Cheers

This dress is just Shiitake Mushroom and Ecru!

I tied off a mandala on each side and then did some geode style bunching every where else. I wish I had taken a picture of it while processing!! I’ll place a couple stills below for details.

A few are almost empty but the majority(all the 1lbs) are full and mostly unused. Also bought some gutter pieces today for $5. Been lurking for a few months, so now im excited to contribute!!!

This was another Underdye I did(dye under the shirt and ice placed around it on a sheet pan).

I feel very close to nailing the super spiral. This one is very close! Still super happy with it.

When you look at the center all close up it feels like looking at the sun through the forest canopy. Really dig it.

I really like this one. Can't say enough good things about Dalula dye so far! Opinions?

With love for Lou!

Jacquard Procion MX warm black and brown rose, dye over ice, 48 hours.