STICK TIED PATTERNS
Stick tying is not only a good craft problem but also splendid for the school room for both boys and girls.
It is best to lay out the design on the cloth by stick printing with a very light tint of the color to be used in the first dyeing, and using, of course, the end of the stick over which the cloth is to be tied. This insures a proper direction of the axes of the tied spots.
On page [117] are shown a number of tyings over the different sticks, and also some dyed spots resulting from tying in several ways. Any school boy can devise other stick ties, and he will be delighted with some of the effects produced by his inventions.
We also show (page [119]) a silk scarf tied over sticks, with a border at each end, ready for the dye-bath. On page [120] is this same scarf after dyeing. The work was carried out in the following manner: The stick used was a flat oblong one-eighth inch thick, five-eighths inch wide and one inch long. The cloth was stick printed with light yellow to locate the centers for the ties. The end of the stick was placed at the center, the cloth folded equally on the two sides, and the tying done as shown on the first stick (page [117]).
The entire scarf was dipped in warm water before dyeing. This conformed to our directions for dyeing and also caused the ties to tighten. The piece was first dyed yellow, then without any change in the tying it was dyed green.
A PIECE OF STICK TYING READY FOR THE DYE-BATH