The half-Windsor knot, also known as the single Windsor knot, is a way of tying a necktie which produces a neat, triangular knot. It is larger than the four-in-hand knot and Pratt knot but smaller than the Windsor knot.
The half-Windsor is derived from the full Windsor in that it is only
brought up around the loop on one side rather than both. It works well
with light- and medium-weight fabrics.
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| The Half Windsor knot |
To tie the half-Windsor, place the tie around your neck and cross the
broad end of the tie in front of the narrow end. Fold the broad end
behind the narrow end and bring it forward on the opposite side. The
left and right sides of the narrow end, and the inside of the loop
around your neck, form a triangle. Continue folding the tie over the
sides of this triangle, rotating around the triangle in one direction.
The sixth fold should bring the broad end up over the top of the knot
from behind; push the end down through the loop in front of the knot
between the fourth and fifth folds, work out any wrinkles, and pull the
knot tight. If the tie is unbalanced, untie the knot and try again
giving yourself more or less length to work with. The steps are: Start
with the wide end of the tie on your right and extending a foot before
the narrow end, Cross wide end over narrow and turn back underneath,
Bring it up and turn it down through the loop, Pass the wide in from the
front, from the left and to the right, Then, end up through the loop,
and put it down through the knot in the front, tighten the knot
carefully and draw it up to the collar.
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