Do you know how to tie a tie?

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:51 am

Untie me!

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:30 am

Of course, double and single knots.
You learn such things when you wear (well, wore) suits often.

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:04 am

I have a suit and a tie, I just never untie the tie completely. I loosen/fasten it all the time.

Crenshinibon · Post by **Crenshinibon** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:40 am

No! Not a clue!

Since I've had to look for co-ops in the recent months, this problem has plagued me. Fortunately, for some reason, my lovely girlfriend knows how to tie them for me.

That, and I also noticed that most men have a collection of ties that they tied some decade back and never untied it since, thus also forgetting how to do so.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:08 am

Tricky wrote:I have a suit and a tie, I just never untie the tie completely. I loosen/fasten it all the time.

Bah - that makes the knot look all flat and too tight

I don't wear suit/tie much anymore since I became a system developer instead of economics major at uni (clothes matter and nobody takes a system develop in tie serious

)..... but I do still have around10 ties or something for when I need to suit up. I'm lacking suits now though.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:42 am

I can. Double knot. Only used for presentations in uni, though (together with a suit).

But, like the others, I prefer to prepare the ties beforehand so that I do not have to worry about it later on.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:15 am

Single knot. Was taught a double knot many, many years ago, but rarely used it, and dropped it from my repertoire of esoteric knowledge.

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:09 am

Yes...had to wear them when I was teaching.....
used both double and single knots..
prefer the double, but depending on the fabric and tie, used the single also...
my job now doesn't require one for the most part...
and for a short period a few years ago, when taking part in a local produced movie, was using a bow tie......
I've since forgotten how to tie one of these..:laugh:

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:25 am

BlueSky wrote:and for a short period a few years ago, when taking part in a local produced movie, was using a bow tie......

You have my deepest, heartfelt sympathies.

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:19 am

fable wrote:You have my deepest, heartfelt sympathies.

thanks......while it was fun taking part in the movie.

...having to wear the bow tie in 80 percent of the scenes, was a chore..

....thank goodness my death scene was without the bow tie....:laugh:
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Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:10 pm

Yes, of course I know how! When I was a kid, both boys and girls had to know, because we wore 'em at school. Funny thing is, though I have never worn a tie since I was 17, I use the 'tie' knot on my dressing gown belt... strange... :laugh:

Ode to a Grasshopper · Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:32 pm

Happily no.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:20 pm

Of course I know how to tie a tie. Double-simple, Windsor, half Windsor, bow tie...it comes from years of practice, from young age, of untying them.

Moonbiter · Post by **Moonbiter** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:10 am

Yep, but I didn't learn anything except the Windsor until I was 38 or so...

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:02 pm

x2 Windsor here. That is, when I have no choice but to wear a tie. Thankfully, times such as those are few and far between.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:16 am

I was required to wear a tie through my last four years of school... *shudder*
During those years I don't think I ever actually learned to tie the damn thing.. I just kept it in the knot and had my father retie it every so often.

I imagine it's not all that difficult, but I could never really see the point of learning, considering that I was pretty sure I'd never need the skill once I left school.

Kristobal · Post by **Kristobal** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:34 pm

Yes, I had to wear a tie at almost all times when I was a missionary is Oakland, California. Double Windsor, Polyester, Wemblys!

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:05 pm

Double Windsor

... wearing a tie is part of my job. At least twice a week. Learned it from my uncle when I had my first formal party --- without my parents being with me,

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