How To Tie A Tie The Easy Way

HOW TO TIE A TIE THE EASY WAY FOUR-IN-HAND 1. 2. 3. The wide end should fall on your left side, and hang roughly a foot below the tip of the Lift the wide side across the narrow, and wrap it back underneath that side. Bring the wide piece all the way ross the front once more. narrower side. 4. 5. 6. Bring the wide end through the gap above the knot from the back With your left hand, hold onto the narrow end, and work the knot up toward the collar until taut. Tuck the wide side down into the envelope, in front of the knot and behind the forward layer of that wrapped piece. HALF WINDSOR 1. 2. 3. Lift the wide side across the narrow, and begin to wrap it back underneath, and half way around the front. The wide end should fall Tuck the wide end on your left side, and hang roughly a foot below the tip of the through the front of the hole between tie and collar. narrower side, 4. 6. Bring the wide end down through the knot: in front of the bulk, behind the forward flap layer, and with the fabric side facing outward. Pull the wide end to the Pass the wide end through the hole between tie and collar right side so that it is perpendicular to the narrow end, with the lining facing outward. Bring the wide end across the front of the knot, right to left. from behind the hole. FULL - OR DOUBLE - WINDSOR 1. 2. 3. Lift the wide side across the narrow and bring the wide end through the gap Bring the wide end to the left side by passing it behind the knot, and then pass it through the gap between tie and collar from the front of the gap. The wide end should fall on your left side, and hang roughly a foot below the tip of the between tie and collar from the back of the gap, so that the wide end hangs on the right side. narrower side. 4. 6. Bring the wide end over the knot, so that the wide end now points to Bring the wide end through the gap between knot and collar from behind the gap. Tuck the wide end down through the knot: in front of the bulk, behind the forward flap layer, and with the fabric side facing outward. your left. THE SHELBY (OR PRATT) 1. 2. 3.) Flip the tie upside-down so that the lining faces outward. The wide end should fall on your left side, and hang roughly a foot beyond the bottom tip of the narrower side. Pull the wide end up and pull it down through the hole between tie and collar. Pull the wide end out to the left of the narrow side. 4. 5. 6. Bring the wide end across the front to the right. Pull the wide end Thread the wide end underneath, up, and through (over) the back. through the front layer of the knot. BOW TIE 1. 2. 3. Come up and through the collar loop with the right tail. Fold the thickest area of the left side on top of itself, beginning the bow formation. Now, hold this tail over toward the The end that falls on your right side should hang about 2 inches beyond the bottom tip of the other. Cross the right over the left. right side. 4. 5. 6. Take the top tail and fold it down over the Fold that tail back on itself, as with the other Feed that through, behind the bow tie middle loop, to form the knot. middle of the tie. end. ELDREDGE 1. 2. 3. Wrap it underneath, and back to its original side. Bring the narrow side up, thread it down through the collar loop, and pull snugly to the right. The wide end should fall on your left side, with the tip precisely at the waistline. A. 5. 6. Pull the narrow piece across the front to the left. Bring the narrow side behind, and pull up through the collar loop against the button. After laying it forward straight in front of the developing knot, pull it snugly to the right, then behind the knot, and pull it to the left side. 7. 8. 9. Use the right hand to create a small gap in the front layer of the knot. Pull the left (narrow) Tighten and pull through to the end, with the narrow section up and to the right: fabric forward. Loop that piece back through the neckline, and keep it on that same (right) side. side across the front and through this loop. 10. 11. 12. Pull the narrow side up, and loop it down through the collar gap against the top button, tightening and holding it now toward the left side. Create a gap again with the top layer of the knot, and pull the narrow side through that, from left to right. Tighten, and keep the remaining narrow end to the right. Once properly adjusted, tuck the tail from the narrow side up and to the right, behind the tie along the collar line. TRINITY 1. 2. 3. Wrap the narrow side behind. The wide end should fall Pull it up through the collar loop, holding both pieces toward the same side. on your right side, about an inch above the waistline. 4. 5. 6. Bring the narrow end under, and pull it to the opposite side. Pull it from the front Cross the narrow end back, up and down through the collar loop to the same side as the wide end. over the front to the other side. 7. 8. 9. As with the Eldredge, tuck the short tail in behind the collar portion of the tie. Wrap the narrow end behind the knot and pull it through the collar loop. Note: keep the upper loop slightly loose to prepare for the next step. Bring the narrow end from its starting side, behind the knot, and to the other side. Pull the tail of the narrow end up and through the loose portion of the top knot loop. aded soul CREATED BY: FADED SOUL 5.