Help With A Spider

[packrat]

I have been trying to end up with a decent spider tiedye and either the front spider looks good & the on the back, half looks good & half is skinnier, or vice versa. It doesn't seem to matter how much black I use. The only difference is whether I start with the shirt front or backside up before I fold it in half before I start the swirl. Has anybody else had this problem? I really think the spider is cool, but would like a decent looking spider on both sides. Thank you for any suggestions. 

[deb]

I got a decent-looking spider by painting the thin side when I saw how awful it came out the first time. 

Not sure if there's a way to make it look good on both sides, but I did find that putting the front on the inside of the fold helped both halves of the front look closer-to-alike, since they were right across from each other in the fold.

[packrat]

Thanks, Deb, for your tip. I had not thought of that, but I'll definitely try it. It's nice to know it's not just me with that problem. Thanks again.

[steve]

Turning the shirt inside out before tying and dyeing will definitely help.

[Stone Cold]

Just saw this on youtube. Helped me kind of understand more of how to do this. Hope it can help others too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDiumU7Sebw

[zeppenwolf]

I have been trying to end up with a decent spider tiedye and either the front spider looks good & the on the back, half looks good & half is skinnier, or vice versa...

Welcome to the club, brother:

http://itiedye.com/smf/index.php/topic,454.0.html

The problem you/I/we have is that the fabric has a very real thickness to it.  More ranting, raving and suggestions in the thread listed.