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How To Tie A Tie - Half Windsor Knot

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How To Tie A Tie - Half Windsor Knot

Tie a Tie - Half Windsor Knot. Follow our expert's step by step instructions and you will soon be on your way to perfecting it. Add that bit of class to the shirt and tie combination. Tie a Tie - Half Windsor Knot. Follow our expert's step by step instructions and you will soon be on your way to perfecting it. Add that bit of class to the shirt and tie combination.

The Half Windsor is a symmetrical, triangular knot good with all shirt collars and all types of tie; it's a great knot to master.

Step 1: You will need:

A tie

And you might also need a mirror to check the end results

Step 2: Prepare

Turn up the collar of your shirt and do up your top button. Drape the tie around your neck with the main seam facing inwards. The wider end should be on the side of your dominant hand, so if you're right handed it goes on the right side, and if you're left handed, on the left side.

Step 3: Position the tie

If you look carefully you will see a seam on the front of the narrow end of the tie.

Cross the wider end of the tie over the seam. This will ensure that when finished, your tie is the correct length and reaches to your waistline.

Wearing it too short or too long will not look good.

Step 4: Under and up

From the starting position pass the wide end under and up through the loop around your neck. Pass it over to the right of the knot and under to the left side.

Step 5: Wrap around

Pass the wide end back over to the right. Wrap it under the whole knot and throw it back over the top, effectively wrapping the whole knot around once.

Step 6: Down and Finish

Finally, pull it down through the centre of the knot.

Step 7: Tighten

Tighten the knot by holding the narrow end and sliding the knot up. Turn down you collar and do any final adjustments.

Step 8: Removing your tie

When untying your tie slide the narrow end out and undo the knot. Don't just loosen the knot, and pull it over your head because this will damage the fabric.

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  1. kurtosis

    I appreciate these videos but the spoken directions are backwards!! Notice that all the close-up shots are of the mirror- whenever he says "pass the tie to the left" the guy is actually doing it to the right and vice versa. I'm left handed and always trying to remember if I should be doing the same or opposite of the video so this trips me up every time. Also, as helpful as these are, every time I need to remember how to do Windsor or half Windsor a find myself skipping through the first 1:20 or so trying to find where they actual instructions start. Any chance of making an abbreviated version?

  3. Kig

    perfect

  4. unnaasha

    nice n simple way i know the complicated one hehehe thanks

  5. ataty

    Leave a comment here....

  8. Philster

    For years, I worn ties and know how to tie all of the different knots and curious how good this would be to teach people. I have to admit this is pretty good. I prefer the full Windsor knot as it is much neater and looks smarter. However, I do have two criticisms with this video. The first one is with the length relating to the seam. From my experience, you put the seem over the thin end not the wide or it will be too short. Also, when you remove a tie, you don't pull it out like it says or you can damage the tie. The best ways is to remove it in reverse of how you tied it. Hope this helps.

  9. liliyah

    thank's a ot for this video my husband has has been demanding a BIG knot onhis ties and I had no idea what he wanted from me so thankyou wery firs time it was a perfect knot with a perfect length

  10. Anonymous

    which knot to use and when? It depends on your tie not the occasion. Woven ties are thicker and need the Half Windsor to reduce the size of the knot. Windsor knots are used for the likes of silk ties. You can also use the Four in Hand or Pratt knots for thicker ties, but they don't result in a symmetrical knot, and (in my opinion) ruin the look of your suit / shirt.