How many steps do you go through to dye fabric? How to keep the color of the fabric from fading?

Tie-dyeing dip-dyeing out of the cylinder to dismantle the line rinsing tie-dyeing that is in the white cloth with a needle and thread stitching out a variety of patterns, is the entire tie-dyeing production process in the first key process, but also specifically by the women to undertake a process, the tie-dyeing pattern of the formation is very critical. The first step is to print the pattern on the white cloth, and then tie the flower according to the printed pattern. When sewing, the needle and thread should be evenly stitched, and there are different stitches for different flowers, so that no mistakes can be made. After sewing and tying, the fabric shrinks into a cluster of lumps and clusters.

Dipping and dyeing is the second key process in the whole tie-dye-making process. Zhoucheng uses homemade soil indigo to dip-dye the tie-dye cloth, using the cold-dyeing dyeing method. First, water is put into the dyeing tank, soil indigo is added, and after mixing well with a dye stick, an appropriate amount of auxiliary materials is added. When dyeing fabrics, the materials are often matched according to the depth of the cloth. Before dyeing, the cloth is soaked in water and then wrung out and put into the dyeing vat to be dyed. Dyeing cloth with indigo is repeated many times, first dyed and dried in the sun, then dipped again, and so on, and the process of dyeing varies according to the color of the cloth. In addition to the number of times the cloth is dyed, it is also related to the dyeing technique, the dyestuff distribution, drying, and the climate. Before the first dip-dyeing, the dyestuff should be placed, which is commonly known as "hair cylinder", when the proportion of soil indigo and water is put into the cylinder to make it fermented, and then the appropriate amount of auxiliary materials are added after the fermentation.

Out of the tank is the third key process in the entire tie-dye production process, the fabric has been dipped and dyed from the dyeing tank, when the first after repeated dipping and dyeing has been dyed fabric on the dyeing stick on the dyeing tank to filter the water, and then wrung out, drying. In addition to the vat, there is usually a secondary vat, slightly smaller than the vat, which is filled with water, and when the vat is taken out of the vat, it is usually passed through the secondary vat first, which not only prevents the dye from staining on the dyed cloth, but also saves the dye. After taking it out of the vat and drying it, you can start the next process.

Taking off the threads is the fourth key process in the entire tie-dye production process. After the dyed cloth is dried in the sun, it can be unthreaded. This process is not complicated, but we must be careful, once you break the fabric, it is all for nothing. Therefore, this process is mostly performed by women who are familiar with the needlework and know where to start removing the threads, so that they can remove the threads quickly and avoid breakage.

Rinsing is the fifth key process in the entire tie-dye production process. In a wooden tank (some of them are cemented pools and tanks), you put in clean water, put in the dismantled tie-dye cloth, and rinse it repeatedly. Rinsing may seem simple, but in fact, it is also based on experience, not enough, not too much. If the rinsing process is not mastered well, it will affect the color of the pattern of the tie-dye cloth. After rinsing and drying in the sun, the whole process of tie-dyeing is completed.

Tie-dyeing is an ancient Chinese textile dyeing process in which fabrics or pieces of clothing are tied in various ways with threads or ropes according to the effect of the design and put into the dyeing liquid, so that the dye at the tie-dyeing place can not penetrate to form a natural and special pattern of a kind of printing method. Dali calls it pimple flower cloth and pimple flower. The process is to fold and tie the fabric, or sew and twist the bundle, and then dip into the color paste for dyeing, dyeing is with the blue root and other natural plants, so there is no harm to the human skin. Tie-dye is a combination of various tying techniques and dyeing techniques, resulting in a wide variety of patterns and motifs. Tie-dye has a history of about 1500 years in China. The earliest surviving object is a twisted val printing silk from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the development of tie-dye reached its heyday, and it became fashionable for the nobles to wear the clothes made of stranded valerian. During the Northern Song Dynasty, because of the complexity of tie-dye production and the large amount of labor consumed, the imperial court once explicitly prohibited it, which led to the decline of tie-dye technology, and thus disappeared. However, the ethnic minorities in the southwestern border area still retain this ancient skill. In addition to China, tie-dyeing is also practiced in India, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. In the 1970s, tie-dyeing became a popular craft, widely used in clothing, neckties, wall hangings and so on. The use of multiple tie-dyeing and multiple dyeing processes on the same fabric can make the traditional tie-dyeing process develop from a single color to a variety of color effects.