Attempting a Heart Tie Dye Crewneck
Happy almost Valentine’s Day! This isn't my usual type of project, but every now and then a girl needs a fast, chaotic, and potentially disastrous craft to feel alive. So today I'm attempting tie dye for the very first time, and I'm actually writing this while the dye does its thing (for the second time)—fingers crossed we end up with something that resembles a heart. This crewneck from Urban Outfitters was my inspiration: Could I have just spent $8 to get it on Depop? Yes. Did I plan early enough that it would get here in time for Valentine’s Day? No. So instead I spent about $40 just for the attempt, because apparently I have that much faith in myself. Here’s what I got: • Gildan adult crewneck, white, size large • Rit all-purpose liquid dye in fuchsia • Rit all-purpose liquid dye in violet • Plastic squeeze bottle • Thick rubber bands • Nitrile gloves The first thing I did was draw the heart on the sweatshirt using a water-soluble marker. Getting it rubber-banded into a ...
