The cloth is tied finely with threads and dyed in stages in different colours. The tied cloth when opened results in various patterns and motifs. The design for Bandhani is transferred onto the cloth using fugitive colour. A plastic sheet with a pin-holed pattern of the design is used as a stencil to transfer the motif onto the cloth. Alternatively, the design is block‐printed on the cloth. The printed pattern areas on the cloth are then pulled up and tied tightly with thread into a knot called a bindi. The cloth is pulled by pinching with the help of the fingernails or with a small nail-shaped metal ring, and then tightly tied around with a thread. This forms the dye resist area of the cloth. Women usually carry out the tying job. To create finer dots the pulled area of cloth needs to be small. For bigger areas, the cloth is tied in knots of varying sizes. The tying process is done meticulously following the pattern printed on the cloth.

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