Efficacy Testing of Tie and Dye Booklet

Tie and dye, is a resist-dyeing process for creating attractive coloured designs on fabrics. This is achieved by knotting, binding, folding or sewing certain parts of the cloth in such a way that the dye cannot penetrate into these areas when the cloth is dyed. It is a hand process by which intricate and attractive patterns can be produced. It is a village craft carried on mostly by women in villages of India. The workers are known as Bandhanaris who grow their nails of thumbs or fore fingers for tying the knots on cloth. Designs can be tied in different ways. A booklet on the tie and dye was prepared to inculcate the art among the art lovers. Further the efficacy of the booklet was tested on 80 students of Government schools (40 urban and 40 rural schools) of Ludhiana district. Pre knowledge testing and post knowledge testing was done. During preknowledge testing, it was found that there was a high knowledge gap which reached up to 2.00 WMS. Both rural and urban respondents had 100% knowledge gap in marking design on fabric,technique of random texturing,type of dye, pretreatment of fabric, preparation of dye bath and use of combination of various techniques. During post knowledge testing, the respondents were again administered the same questionnaire to check their knowledge level regarding tie and dye. It was found that the mean knowledge score of the respondents was high. It ranged between 1.75 to 2.00 WMS, which led to negligible knowledge gap. The knowledge gap clearly shows the effectiveness/efficacy of the booklet. The booklet was found to be efficient for learning techniques of tying.