– Cross the tie in your left hand over the tie in your right.
1. Make the knot that forms the base of the bow
– Wrap the left hand tie back towards your body and around the right tie.
– Pull the left hand tie up through the hole.
1. Make the knot that forms the base of the bow
– Take a tie in each hand and gently pull the ends in opposite directions to complete your knot base.
2. Create a loop
– Take the left tie in both hands.
2. Create a loop
– Using your best judgment, approximate 5-6” away from your body and fold the left tie backwards at that point.
2. Create a loop
– Keep your newly created loop in your left hand and let your right hand free.
3. Complete the bow
– Take the free hanging tie in your right hand.
3. Complete the bow
– Wrap the right hand tie over the loop in your left.
– Just like the base knot, wrap your right hand tie back towards your body, around the loop in your left.
3. Complete the bow
– With the help of both hands, create the bow’s final loop. Push your right hand tie up through the hole and pull your final loop up and out with your left.
Finishing touches
– Make sure both loops are even sized. If the loops are uneven, adjust one loop at a time. Gently pull up on the loop to add length.
Finishing touches
Or, gently pull down on the tie at the opposite end of the loop, to shorten.