How to Use Snow to Tie Dye

I like watching a lot of different videos about tie dying, one of them was about snow tie dye. I thought that would be a cool thing to enter into the winter fun challenge. Snow tie dye gives this, well, have you ever seen salt crystalize before? How it looks kind of like a lot of snowflakes bunched together. Well, that's like the only way to explain the pattern snow gives the fabric. I think it's very unique and pretty, and I hope you think so too.

• Something to tie dye [ shirt, socks, fabric bag etc. ]
• As many different colors of tie dye powder as you want.
• A bucket
• Snow
• Soda ash
• Rubber bands
• Vinegar

You can wrap your fabric item however you want in rubber bands.

If you don't know how to wrap your fabric item in rubber bands, or you want a specific design but don't know how to do it, you can always try one of these websites 17 Tie Dye Patterns And Step-By-Step Instructions For Any Skillset (scarymommy.com) or How to Tie Dye: 34 Tie Dye Techniques & Patterns– tiedyesweatshirt.

Fill the bottom of a deep bucket an inch deep with snow.

Set the wrapped fabric items in the bottom of the bucket.

Put the tie dye powder all over the top of the wrapped fabric.

Put some soda ash over the fabric item (s).

Fill the bucket half full of snow.

Place the bucket in a warmer area, than outside in the cold so the snow can melt for 24 hours or until all the snow has melted.

Dump the water from the snow out and rinse the items out with cold water, until there's barely any dye coming out.

Take that same bucket and fill it a quarter full of cold water.

Then add 1 1/2 cups of vinegar.

Put your tie died items in the vinegar mixture and let soak for 30 minutes.

This will help the tie dye stay in the fabric before washing it.

Make sure you set your washer on cold setting, and on the smallest load size.

Add you soap and start the washer!

It is extremely important to air dry your tie died items because putting them in the dryer can fade your tie dye.

Wow, this went fast! But the bright side is now you get to wear your snow tie dyed item!