how to tie-dye a fish scales pattern

what you need:

• a plastic bag to cover your working area
• rubber bands
• gloves
• a shirt
• tie-dye and a bottle with a nozzle
• soda ash (optional)
• a marker that will wash off

what you do:

• soak your shirt in soda ash; this step is completely optional but it will really help to keep the color from fading
• cover the bottom of your bottle with tie-dye powder, about 3 mm high
• add salt and fill the bottle up with hot water
• PLEASE check the instructions on your tie-dye packaging to know how to mix it, how long it needs to sit and how to wash it! It might differ from what I was doing here!
• give it a really good shake so the powder and salt dissolve
• now, start out with a damp shirt
• fold it in half and then in half again; you can also fold it in thirds or in even smaller parts than I did, this is entirely up to you and how large you want the scales to be
• take the marker and draw ramp-ish lines or quarters of a circle, however you want to call it
• then fold your shirt along these lines; you should have a straight line on top of the folds
• seal that in with a rubber band
• go on like that throughout your whole shirt
• take your bottle and dye the parts where the rubber bands are
• you might have to go over them a couple of times, just to be sure
• turn it over and do the same thing on the other side
• let that whole thing sit for about 20 minutes
• remove the rubber bands and rinse your shirt under cold water until the water runs clear
• let it dry and you're done! :)