🟦 With blurred designs 🧣 A patterned fabric 🧵 A dyeing method 🎨 To dye threads

to ikat

9.9

To dye threads before weaving so the cloth has blurred patterns

verb
/ˈiːkɑːt/

Specialized

: teñir por reserva

Artisans carefully ikat the threads before weaving to achieve the traditional geometric designs.

Examples

She learned how to ikat silk threads from her grandmother, preserving the family tradition.
It can take weeks to ikat enough yarn for a single patterned cloth.
She loves to ikat beautiful designs on her fabrics.
The artisans ikat the threads before weaving them.
Artisans carefully ikat the threads before weaving to achieve the traditional geometric designs.
It can take weeks to ikat enough yarn for a single patterned cloth.
She learned how to ikat silk threads from her grandmother, preserving the family tradition.

How Patterned

to ikat

Specialized

9.9

to tie-dye

2 3.9

dye

85 2.0

Surface Forms

ikat infinitive

ikat past

ikat past participle

ikatting present participle

ikats third person singular

Etymology

Ikat comes from the Malay and Indonesian word ikat, which means 'to tie'. To ikat is to tie and dye the threads before weaving so the final cloth shows the special tied-dye patterns.