Abstract: A new apparatus is disclosed for the rope-drying of dyed fabric resulting in a new fabric pattern having distinctive patterning. The process has three critical areas, particularly: the apparatus' ability to maintain a tension on the rope while it is being dried over contact dryers; the rope being formed into a very defined cylinder through an elongated tube; and the length of contact drying being sufficient to impart the migration of the dye stuff through the rope to form the applicable pattern.