Go straight to tying the Full Windsor
You have searched the internet for a simple step-by-step guide to tying a tie. In your search, you have probably come across the pictures (more like artistic renderings) that show you… well, a bunch of drawings of ties. These diagrams are supposed to show you what each step in the tie tying process looks like, but I have found that they are a horrible breakdown of the process. What is worse, is that everyone seems to use the same pictures. This site is going to show you an easier way.
The first of the Windsor Knots that I am going to focus on is the Full Windsor Knot, and the technique I have designed to help you learn the process revolves around:
Out Behind In Across Out
Oranges Bloom In An Orchard is one acronym that I have come up with (feel free to post a better one in the comments!). Beyond the “setup” and “finish” stages, the actual process of tying a Full Windsor Knot can be done in five easy steps. These steps can be remembered with the words above.
[DDET A note about the steps]
Now, I should note that these steps are for tying a Full Windsor Knot (also known as the Double Windsor Knot). The Full Windsor Knot, in my humble opinion, is the best knot to tie. Really, the only knot. It looks the best, it is the fullest knot, and it does not have the slight slant that other Windsor Knots are inclined to. It is also much easier to do than you may have been led to believe. I will be adding other knots, and slight variations on how the method I have outlined can result in (technically) four different knots. But, the primary goal is to demonstrate tying the Full Windsor Knot in the easiest method possible, that is also easy to remember.
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To see how to tie-a-tie with the “Out Behind In Across Out” process (which is for the Full Windsor Knot), you can view it in video, pictures, and/or text.