How To TIE-DYE a SPIDER style design. (start to finish)

[iampeeay01]

the color makes it creepy... i hate spiders but i like how you made it so artistically... great work... :) thumbs up for this video... :)

[Yobigdiddy]

Looks like an angel with massive wings!

[23loylo]

The guy looks like Chuck norris (:

[EmmyNikol25]

hello :)

this is very cool :)

i wanted to know - what kind of color do you use ?

thanks alot, and have a great day!

Emmy

[WolfEchoes]

@EmmyNikol25

Thanks.

These dyes are Procion MX dye.

Sweet deep color with them...

[ziphoy]

@WolfEchoes hi can i skip soda ash solution? Or not :)

[SippinOnSumSweetTea]

@WolfEchoes I preeshiate y'alls help tho.... =}

[SippinOnSumSweetTea]

For a while there I thought the camera man (or woman) was gonna pass out!

[WolfEchoes]

@SippinOnSumSweetTea

Ya, that was a tough one... but he made it!

LOL

[rockstar892008]

Nothing like walking around the table 5 times

[mindfreak001009]

i like to hear the breathing...

[TheHanzelOo]

the camera is shaking......

[rockisbetter]

it doesnt look much like a spider...

[WolfEchoes]

@rockisbetter

Ya, but you can get it to look as such...

Some call this the mirror fold also.

If you get the middle right, it can make a wild looking spider design.

Cool either way..

[XYChromosome]

@rockisbetter It looks like a spider.

[LunaSongweaver]

@rockisbetter It looks just like a spider!

[PandalandStudio]

This is a great tutorial. THANKS for sharing.

[theefoolonthehill]

i want to make a colorful shirt with a spider. would i do all the color 1st then the spider? or the spider then the color around it?

[WolfEchoes]

@theefoolonthehill

You can do it either way.

The spider can work without the middle portion = you still get a pattern, just not as highlighted.

I always do my spider first, but there is no reason it has to be that way...

[repin509]

Cool U Should Make Vid With The Colors Green,Purple,Blue, And Orange

[Nicknack1159]

Holy fuck hold still DDD:

Awesome video though!! :D :D :D Loved it. thank you!

[kingacobra1]

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[versatilechicken]

what ink are you usng?

[Mascaught]

where did you get the needles that you applied the dye with?

I am using water bottles with holes the lids from thumb tacks.

[WolfEchoes]

@Mascaught

Some are from an artist supply shop... some from kits I had used.

You should be able to find them at a better craft store - maybe search online.

[Mascaught]

Thank you! I actually found these plastic syringes that I got from the orthodontist work brilliantly! If Anyone you know has had their wisdom teeth out then they probably have them and I highly recommend it.

[paul30349]

nex time use a ruler to twirl it

[xMiss2Dopex]

What whe fuck.... is soda ash?...

[WolfEchoes]

@xMiss2Dopex

It is an ingredient in the Procion dyes, and a few kit dyes too (but those are usually premixed).

It is what makes the dye permanent on the material.

You don't need it for all dye types (like RIT or Dylon).

[xMiss2Dopex]

@WolfEchoes Oh! I thought it was like an alternate to soda water or baking soda, haha Thank you for the clarifcation! :D

[Teresarose101]

@xMiss2Dopex

I guess you missed the day they explained how to do a search on the internet.

[xMiss2Dopex]

@Teresarose101 Oh, HAHAAH that's cute. Too bad I'm in class and I don't have time to be searching nonsense.

[Halieghbeawesome]

@xMiss2Dopex its basicly baking soda thats been boiled ata really hot temp. for a while. it helps the chlorine atoms in the dye connect to the OH and HO atoms on the shirt.

[daredevilgirlz]

HOLY FUCK DUDE THATS HOT

[ckseminole1]

This was wonderful, Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

[UnmatchedEDragonKing]

the Pattern looks Legit :) still not seing a spyder though still a cool vid:)

[WolfEchoes]

@UnmatchedEDragonKing

It can really look like a spider, but it all depends on the dye application.

I just always call it that...

[VeredaRustica]

Yeahh Brother! =D

It's so cool!

Thanks for sharing, i'm your fan =P

Greetings from Mexico.

[WolfEchoes]

@VeredaRustica

Awesome my southern friend!

[mobskater313]

Could yu do it like a bleach way? Or not!

[WolfEchoes]

@mobskater313

I would say, yes.

On a black cotton shirt, bleach in the spider - cool idea.

I am going to try it.

[mobskater313]

@mobskater313 ya that would be sick and do a video on it too!

[Spiritree41]

Where can I find that syringe?

[WolfEchoes]

@Spiritree41

Some art supply shops will have them.

A craft place like Michaels - or similar should have them too.

I have used eye droppers and medicine droppers too...

You might find them online through a mail order place.

Maiwa Handprints seels them I think, and they are online - but in Canada.

I am sure you can find them in the USA too.

[Spiritree41]

@WolfEchoes Thank you...

[AimeeBekkaNeate]

looks awesome

[CeeEmmz]

that is fuckn BAD ASS! DUDE!!1 :D

[Burning0Lilac]

woot calgary!

[SyuqBieberBoy]

Nice , can you make other design , :D

[Mitchell9oh5]

lols he draws 69

[ilove2learn254]

where do you usually get your dye?

[WolfEchoes]

@ilove2learn254

I get mine in Canada (Maiwa Handprints). But many get the same dyes from Dharma Dyes in the USA.

Go to the FaceBook group, there are some links there for these dyes...

[SkateLikeNoTommorow]

@ilove2learn254

dollar store bra

[jrgong94]

i didnt rinse mine i put it straight in the washer

[WolfEchoes]

@Breannarenee6

Another version is coming... a bit updated... and no kid breathing.

LOL

[Shana221]

it kinda looks like a butterfly ...right?

[WolfEchoes]

@Shana221

Yes... you can make it look more like one by changing how you apply the dye.

[irfan160395]

whats the name of the ink ??where can i get the ink??

[WolfEchoes]

@irfan160395

Procion MX dye powder....

[MsJjx]

DUDE THAT IS THE STUFFFFFF

[boihaggos1]

penetrateee

[e123j1]

wow this is the shit man not that fuckin gay colorl!

[SmoothArtistry1]

you've totally inspired me!! I like to take old tshirts and cut off the neck & make it an off the shoulder ...i'm gonna tye dye a shirt & cut it!! :D

[26peacelovehappiness]

after you soak it in the soda ash, do you let the shirt dry? or...?

[Uniquelyyours1]

Cool.

[alucardsgrl]

Thank you for the video <3

[alucardsgrl]

Thank you for the video<3

[ttony678]

Don't take this in the wrong way, but you need to keep the thing still. Hard to watch...

[WolfEchoes]

@ttony678

Ya, a little kid was on camera then.

But the message is still there... LOL

[ttony678]

@WolfEchoes You had a little kid record that video for you? Why couldn't someone else do that? Not saying anything about the kid.

[baek7]

Do you NEED soda ash water to tie dye shirts?

[WolfEchoes]

@baek7

Only with these types of dye.

Other dye mixtures don`t need soda ash...

Procion MX (and Dharma and related types) use the soda ash as a main `fixing`agent.

RIT and Dylon and those type do not need the extra.

[PinkDiamondLover101]

Your shirt kind of looks like a lion with a really small head and a tall main!!

[calipso866]

Thats a really cool design!

[buttonsboi31594]

i would just like to say that that is not a friggin spider. and i am a little upset that you lied to me mr.youtubeliarman. and now all my hopes and dreams of making a cool spider have died because of your misleading lies. u suck. goodbye.

[DORKIESTdumdumEVER]

@buttonsboi31594

I agree. :(

The shirts not even pretty...its ugllyyyy. DX



[caailynnn]

did the camera man just run a marathon....

[dragdoll69]

lol just the heavy breathing

[Metalympics]

looks great, can't wait to try it

[dkaivmd]

you should sell some haha or give em out in a contest

[sjgessay]

easy killer, hold the camera steady.

[BritneySpearsFan24]

learn how to hold a camra

[machotacreuse]

Great !! Thank you so much. The cameraman also was great, bravo kid.

[Flamefriek]

dude youre freakin awesome thanks for posting all these videos huge help. how long does the dye have to sit before you rinse it?

[000685]

Camera man, stop shaking.

[uberninja56]

do u have to use soda ash

[SMELLZlikeKUSH]

i thought it was gonna come out shitty, but it came out sick as hell!

[hsmcutiepie]

I just have to point this out...Love the video! But..

Hehe..he used a fork to mix the soda ash.

[Tinkermomof3]

That looks great!

[Snoopii211]

poo face

[greeneyes2587]

that came out great! Where do you get the syringe you used for applying the black dye?

[WolfEchoes]

@greeneyes2587

I got that at an artist supply shop.

They are a bit harder to find, but they are out there.

Anything that can give a nice tight line of dye will work great.

[NekoHimechan1]

that looks like a butterfly! :D

[leslie1234luvyou]

where do you buy soda ash and the dye?

[TheRealExAzrael]

if you wash them in a saline solution after the die i find that they turn out better. i usually mix like a half cup of salt into the load after dying

[CadillacGwpg]

BOO CALGARY! haha, great vid tho

[bebechicago]

every time i dye a shirt the shirt doesn't absorb the dye enough and so there is white everywhere and not a lot of color. is that from the dye or the fact that maybe i have to wash the shirt AGAIN. ....cause every time i dye a shirt i am so dissapointed. :(

[bebechicago]

every time I dye a shirt, there is a ton of white spots so you can't really tell what your design was supposed to be. is that because of the dye? or is it that i have to wash the shirts twice. cause i did wash them once. then i tried dying one of my very old socks and they absorbed the dye perfectly!!! i felt so good. then i tried a newer shirt and failed. Help?

[Skelexy15]

idk if it's the right thing to do, but i soak my shirts in hot water,

wring them out, then spiral it. let it sit for a day, wrinse the shirt out

in warm water until the water runs clear enough, then hang dry it.

am i doing okay or need something different?

[omma1957]

how do you make soda ash water?

[WolfEchoes]

@omma1957

Soda ash is sodium carbonate (not bi-carbonate). It is a powder, just mix a bit of warm water with it and shake or stir until disolved.

I pour a half cup into the wash at rinse - as a pre-dying prep for the material.

BUt you can also just mix it in a cup or bucket and use as needed.

[Kylequin69]

he sounds like a stoner:)

[1Stilesa]

ok great thanks!

[1Stilesa]

what brand of die do you use my shirts never turn out good...

[WolfEchoes]

@1Stilesa

These are PROCION MX dyes... they are really good quality.

You can find them online, but some craft and art stores may have them too.

[squishyricecake]

great job! :)

[Ranitoboy]

So before I pinch and spin the shirt, I must wash the shirt with soda, soap and water??

[WolfEchoes]

@Ranitoboy

I would wash any new shirts for sure in soap - to get out the starch.

When I prep mine for dying, I run them through the rinse cycle only, and add soda ash into the water. It then agitates in the final rinse with the material - then I tie the shirts after the spin cycle, (at that dampness I dye).

[Ranitoboy]

@WolfEchoes thank you, I tried to make one shirt but with bleach and looks nice, my next shirt in mind is the spider... I hope to make it right x)

[xx0chewingstraws0xx]

From 4:21 and after you can like hear the camera person breathing really hard!

[kaley3646]

sweetness!! thank you for posting this!!

[trudal987]

Tie dye is so random.

[xX1blueyeschica2Xx]

@WolfEchoes y is the camera shaky n the breathin in the back......?

[WolfEchoes]

This is an older vid, that was my little kid on camera (just a small SLR, so his face was close to the microphone...).

Sorry about that!

It creaps some folk out a bit...

[stokmarknes]

@WolfEchoes Okay, since it's a little kid, it's okay : ) A second there I was annoyed as hell because I though it was a man filming, shaking it and breathing low.

[WolfEchoes]

@xX1blueyeschica2Xx

A kid filmed this for me.

It was just a cheap, close to your face digital camera, and he had a cold... so...

But the vid got quickly popular, so I have just left it all this time.

New version is in the works though...

[1ChevyGuy375]

Hay cool shirts! How did you make the last shirt with the purple in the middle? Looks like you refolded It into a normal spiral and did the purple?

Thanks for the video!

[WolfEchoes]

That is "Reversing The Reverse Tie Dye"... and yes, I respun the bleached shirt in a similar idea, and then dyed it.

FaceBook's "Addicted To Tie Dying" has a video showing that actual process...

[TheMotoxrider43]

isnt that child labor making him hold the camera

[lauv2skate]

wtf?haha im sure he asked..and its child labor making kids do chores anyways..

[Dreaminstar64]

@TheMotoxrider43 lmfao

[TheMotoxrider43]

y wuld u wash a shirt in a vid i kno how to wash clothes

[applepiewithtoast]

maybe this video isn't made entirely for you =)

[trudal987]

Show you what it is like after.

[WolfEchoes]

@TheMotoxrider43

"Concept filming" LOL - It has to feel real!

It's just an old video, one of my first... one day I might remake.

[Starblade009]

I was thinking by folding the shirt like that does it take color away from the back of the shirt? or do you use so much dye that it soaks into the back making the same design on the front without losing any colot

[WolfEchoes]

I flip the shirt and try to duplicate the dye application on the other side.

Also, I do try to get good penetration into the center of the fold/spin.

The front and back of the shirt look the same in this type of dying...

[Starblade009]

@WolfEchoes ok sounds good thanks

[vidma6]

dude, im sorry if u alredy got this question but

what type of dye do u use?

[WolfEchoes]

These are PROCION MX... which I am guessing are equal to Dharma Dyes.

The folds and spins will work with any dye, but these are nice and bright and sweet!

[95JUSTIN95]

how long do you let them drying when you finish the dying process?

[WolfEchoes]

It depends on the dye.

These say 1 to 2 days... tied or sealed in plastic.

I leave mine 3 days, but you can accelerate the time by heating the shirt.

If the shirt can get heated to steam (not boil) still tied in the bag, then left to cool - the dye is usually set and the shirt ready for rinsing.

[beatlesfan132]

could you do this with black and purple?

my friends tell me you can't use black dye...

[WolfEchoes]

You could. But black is hard to get really black on large areas of a shirt.

Try mixing black with navy blue... and making it a little stronger.

You could try the "reverse tie dye" idea with bleach on a black cotton shirt. (Check out the video).

[dadldew]

You know that Soda Ash is very caustic, it is also sold by swimming pool and spa supply places as Sodium Carbonate. Note the first part of the word SODIUM. Doing that in your washer a lot can rust out parts prone to rusting.

Just a FYI. on that note you can buy Sodium Carbonate from a pool supply labeled as Sodium Carbonate cheaper than from a hobby shop labeled Soda Ash.

[SamDeanandEdward]

can you use rubberbands instead of string?

[WolfEchoes]

Yes, but sometimes the bands are too tight and they change your fold... they are not so good for any "disc" shapes like spirals and spider spin styles...

[Pianoismyantidrug2]

Yes

[yoyouae]

he's kindda cute

[Darius12235]

should the t-shirt be wet when applying DYE?

[WolfEchoes]

I keep them slightly damp, not dripping wet.

Spun dry from the wash machine is my usual.

[zzzzzmania123]

thank you!

this really helped!

[GULIHIPPY]

I usually dip them, but it looks more like a palm tree than a spider xD the last one had the shape of a turtle xD

[123almostsk8r]

do u sell these?

[WolfEchoes]

have not for a long time... now I mostly donate to kid's charities.

[QueJosmar]

round and rounnd

[nessa4132]

how long do u let it set before u rise it in the sink???

[WolfEchoes]

Most people think I wait too long. But I love to give it 7 full days in a bag... 5 would be fine I am sure. By adding heat, you can wait only 30 minutes...

(Microwave 2 times at 30 second bursts (or until the shirt is hot and steamy but not boiling), let it cool and rinse.

Time lets some blending happen between colours...

[nessa4132]

ok thanks for the info. :)

[eastbeach99]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[Darkness8Random]

couldnt you use like a fork or something when u spin the shirt so you would not have to walk the table?

I also want to know if i want to do a design like a bird could i use a cut out pic of a bird and kinda tape it down then die the whole thing?

[WolfEchoes]

Yes... many laugh that I walk around the table - some get really upset LOL.

I prefer the walk, but each to their own.

There is no right or wrong, there is just everything.

I am not sure I understand the bird idea.

The pattern comes from the fold and spin and dye application... you might be able to use Batic wax and wax the picture before dying - the dye wil not stick where waxed... but then you have to get the wax back out of the shirt.

You might have better luck using fabric paint...

[Darkness8Random]

Thx for the reply.

have you done one with a bird design yet?

I did not see it on your vids or maybe i overlooked it.

[WolfEchoes]

No bird... but it must be a half fold similar to The Spider.

I have only uploaded the basic folds and spins to this point - but I may go for the more intense as well.

Some people really like to keep some of this stuff "secret"... but I am not a supporter of that.

[tnerb99]

where do you get the soda ash??

[WolfEchoes]

I get mine at the dye shop. I have never seen it anywhere else. Maiwa Handprints in Vancouver... and they will mail order.

[xaxoximba]

Buen trabajo, pero ¿Quién es el tío que esta grabando el video?....joder!, que se mire lo del parkinson! se mueve mas que la compresa de una coja..

[WolfEchoes]

He is a young kid behind the camera...

[xaxoximba]

You are very creative.... Thank you for answered me

[knuckls4red]

can this be used for light colors like red????

[WolfEchoes]

Do you mean the "spider" part red... (?)

Yes, it should work, as long as it is the dominant or darker colour so it shows up enough.

A dark red might be best... but experiment with a sheet or something first if you are worried.

[sakless13]

That's really easy now that I know how, thatnks dude, awesome video. I want to do a coat for halloween, would that be the same process (WolfEchoeS.)

[WolfEchoes]

I have done a few coats... but the material is way thicker... so the fold or spin has to be soaked in alot more. If the coat is cotton, it should work.

I have ruined a couple coats too! So be careful!!

Getting the penetration is key to success....

[Zack2ndClass]

got it! thanks!

[theurbanolive]

annoying bad camera kid lol

but thats an awesome tye dye shirt

[WolfEchoes]

Ya, he is way better these days! But rather than change anything, we just have to put up with it in this one.

[DjMarocLt]

Really cool it looks like flames xD

[Espresso337]

can i just use a normal serynge for that one part?

[WolfEchoes]

Yes, or any small application item - you just want to try to get a tight and defined line for the spider idea - although the fold looks cool just dyed normally without the actual spider part.

[we3kids]

great vid it helped alot

[kerrikronic]

what kind of dyes do you use? do know what the best kind is?

[WolfEchoes]

These are PROCON MX dyes... and are the best I have found yet.

[lamamitabrujita]

thanks for the videos! I think you are the nicest teacher by far! I can totally relate to your studio and helpers!

[jgyrljeans4jesus]

Your video was thorough thank you I am a crafty person but I always thought that tie dye was hard you have just killed that thought thanks!!

[Drosophilamelanogas]

How long to you leave your shirts set before you rinse them?

[WolfEchoes]

W@ith these dyes, I like to go five days tied in a plastic or airtight bag.

But you could heat them gently and leave them only a few hours. I think letting them sit at least one day allows more colour inter-flow and blend... but patience is not always easy.

[MidnightMoonandIvory]

Yay for hippy shirts!

Your technique is professional and the ending product reflects that.

Good show.

[bluesoccerqueen17]

that is awesome!

[soccerplayer911993]

i have a prblem getting the color to say and how do i dry it

[WolfEchoes]

The non staying of the color must be your dyes. I have had trouble with that in the past, with RIT and Dylon dyes. You could try applying gentle heat to the shirts, while still tied up and in a plastic bag. Microwave a thirty second burst, flip it, and give it another burst... then let them sit to cool. Heat can often help the setting.

Also try concentrating your dyes more.

I just hang mine to dry - after they are set and rinsed and washed.