How to tie a bow tie

Peptalk before you start practicing
How to tie a bow tie might seem difficult at first, especially if you have never done it before. But it is all about practice, once you have learned how to make a bow tie knot you will never forget it. Wearing a self tie bow tie is very fashionable, therfore you should definitely invest 20 minutes of your life learning how to tie a bow tie.

Tie a bow tie - step by step.

  1. Stand in front of a mirror. Place the bow tie around your neck so that the right end is about 2 inches longer then the left end.

  2. Cross the right end over the left end.

  3. Bring right end up and under the loop.

  4. Double/fold the left end over itself to form the front base loop of the bow tie.

  5. Loop right end over the center of the loop you just made.

  6. Hold everything in place, double right end back on itself and push it through the loop behind the bow tie

  7. Adjust the bow tie knot by pulling the ends and centering the knot.

  8. Tighten the knot by pulling on the inner half of the left loop while pulling on the outer half of the right loop.

  9. If you need to tighten the bow tie, pull on the front of the bow tie on one side while pulling on the rear end on the other side. Repeat on the opposite side.

  10. Congratulations! You're done