Supplies
- Nike x Rit Shibori DIY Kit
- Plastic Table cover
- Fabric Pencil
- Container for Dyeing
- Salt
- Dish Soap
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors
- Paper Towels
- Measuring spoons
- Rubber gloves
Time
Total: 1 hour
Difficulty
Beginner
Instructions
- Gather supplies.
- Prewash your cotton hoodie and leave it damp
- Carefully cut out the Nike Swoosh stencil on the back of the outer box.
- Place stencil on damp hoodie and trace with fabric pencil
- Using a double threaded needle, sew a basic running stitch around the traced Nike Swoosh.
- Pro tip: instead of a knot, tie a piece of twine at the end of your thread to make sure it doesn’t slip through.
- Pull thread to tightly gather the stitched area and tie together to secure.
- For variations, repeat to create circles on the elbows of the hoodie.
- Once hoodie is bound, set aside and prepare the dyebath.
- Fill container with 3 gallons of hot water, ideally 140F or hotter.
- If tap water is not hot enough, heat water on the stove and carefully add it to the dyebath.
- Add 1 cup of salt and 1 tsp of dish soap.
- Pour 1/2 cup of well-shaken Rit All-Purpose Indigo Dye and stir.
- Test color by dipping a paper towel into the dyebath.
- If color is too light, add more dye. If color is too dark, add more water.
- Submerge bound hoodie and patches into dyebath.
- For a high contrast pattern, keep the bound hoodie in the dyebath for 5-10 minutes to keep the wrapped part dye-free. For more color and less white areas, keep the bound fabric in the dyebath for 10-20 minutes.
- Remove from dyebath and rinse hoodie in warm water then cool water until rinse water runs clear.
- Remove the squares and rubberbands to reveal the ori nui pattern.
- Wash in cold water and air dry.
- Now that we’ve taken you through three Shibori techniques, you can experiment with mixing the patterns together to create your own one-of-one hoodie.
