Necktie Knots: Full Windsor Knot

Necktie Knots: The full windsor knot is a wide triangular knot that is usually worn for formal occasions, this type of knot should be worn with wide spread collar shirts.

1. Begin with the wide end on your right and extending real low leaving the narrow end quite short. (Pictures are mirror images, in other words images are what you would see if you were looking in a mirror.)

2. Bring the wide end of the tie over the narrow (right side to left side).

3. Bring the wide end up through the middle of the loop and to the left (left side to center to left side).

4. Bring the wide end behind the narrow end (left side to right side).

5. Bring the wide end of the tie through the middle of the loop (right side to left side).

6. Bring the wide end around the front (left side to right side).

7. Bring the wide end of the tie through the back of the loop (right side to center).

8. Hold the front of the knot loose with your index finger; pass the wide end down through the loop (created in step 6) in front.

9. Remove your finger and tighten the knot

10. Hold the narrow end and slide the knot up to the collar.

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