How To Tie a Tie

 

A Step-by-Step Guide for Tie a Tie

We have to wonder if research linking the disappearance of the necktie to the declining Boy Scout participation has ever been conducted. It stands to reason that learning to tie Half-Windsor or Four-in-Hand knots properly would be beneficial for sailing, camping, fishing, and tying up dweebie Scout Masters. Of then, when did any of us last have a reason to even need to wear a tie?

Here is our instruction for tying a tie, in case you've forgotten how or have never had to wear one. Of course, in contrast to those of us who were raised in the Stone Age who knot their ties exactly how our father taught us to do, with little to no modification, 

Four-in-Hand

Practically speaking, this is the only knot you'll ever require.

Pull back your collar and around your neck with the tie.

• Set your tie's two ends in line.
• Pull the more minor end higher on your chest and the more significant back down toward your waist.
• Bring the broader end of the tie around to the front and cross it over the narrower end. (The back of the tie's wider end will be visible.)
• Relative to the shirt's top button, loop the tie's broad end around the smaller end once again and pull it up beneath the narrow end.
• Pull it down toward your waistline after dropping it through the created loop.
• Adjust.

The Windsor

Use this bigger knot that exudes authority depending on the style of your best suit and the form of your shirt collar.

1. Once more, align the two ends of your tie, bringing the larger end closer to the center of your chest and the smaller end higher.

2. Bring the broader end across the front, but this time, bring it up toward the collar button by tucking it under the narrow end.

3. Once more, encircle the broad end around the small one, but this time, drop it over the tie's top and pull it to the other side.

4. The broad end of the tie's back should now be facing you in the mirror.

5. Bring it up beneath the loops created and back over the thin end, pointing toward your chin.

6. Tidy up the knot by dragging the broad end through the created loop.

7. Adjust

The Half-Windsor

For many, the Half-Windsor is a knot with weight because it provides more body than the four-in-hand but not nearly the bulk of the Windsor.

1. The broader end of the tie should be placed closer to the waist, and the narrower end should be placed closer to the middle of your chest.

2. Bring the broader end over the front, the narrow end, and toward your chin, much like the Windsor.

3. So that the tie's back is towards the front, bring it back down and under the narrow end.

4. Cross the broad end back over the narrow side of the tie, tucking it under the tie's back and past the collar button, and then insert the tip of the link into the loop that has just been created.

5. Adjust.

Bow Tie

A fantastic (well done) bow tie is a sign of sartorial competence, whether professional or playful. We can benefit from only one piece of advice: Just act like you're tying your shoes while avoiding the mirror and worrying about the fabric's breadth.

• Equally, space the tie's two ends.
• One side over the other.
• Past the collar button, tuck one end under the other.
• Hold the opposite end up to look at the bow's midpoint (or a target midpoint if the bow tie is straight).
• Drop the first end over the front so that it forms parallel "butterflies" at this point.
• Put the first end behind the second and tuck it into the loop that has been created.
• Adjust.