Here is a step-by-step guide to tying a classic Four-in-Hand knot, which is simple and widely used:
- Raise your shirt collar and drape the tie around your neck, with the wide end on your right side extending about 12 inches below the narrow end.
- Cross the wide end over the narrow end to the left.
- Bring the wide end underneath the narrow end to the right.
- Bring the wide end back over the front of the narrow end to the left.
- Pull the wide end up through the loop around your neck from underneath.
- With a loose hold on the knot, pass the wide end down through the loop in front.
- Hold the narrow end and slide the knot upward to tighten it snugly at your collar.
- Lower your shirt collar over the knot to complete the look.
This method creates a neat, slightly asymmetrical knot suitable for most occasions
. If you want a more formal and symmetrical knot, you can try the Windsor knot:
- Start with the wide end on your right and the narrow end on your left, with the narrow end resting near your belly button.
- Cross the wide end over the narrow end to the left.
- Bring the wide end up into the neck loop from underneath.
- Pull it down to the left.
- Wrap it behind the narrow end to the right.
- Bring it up to the neck loop again.
- Pass it down to the right.
- Cross it over the front to the left.
- Bring it up into the neck loop from underneath.
- Pull it down through the loop you just created in front.
- Tighten the knot and slide it up to your collar.
The Windsor knot produces a larger, triangular, and symmetrical knot, ideal for formal settings
. For visual learners, there are many helpful video tutorials available that demonstrate these steps clearly
