{"title":"How to Tie a Tie - The Four-In-Hand Knot","canonicalUrl":"https://www.showmestepbystep.com/adulting/how-to-tie-a-tie","category":{"slug":"adulting","name":"Adulting"},"creator":{"name":"Effortless Gent","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmcficWfsbYy3gqiuWOzqA","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmAP_ikzifY"},"tldr":"Learn the Four-In-Hand tie knot in 6 steps. Easy enough for a first try, sharp enough for any occasion - the only tie knot most guys ever need to know.","totalDurationSeconds":248,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["Mirror"],"materials":["Necktie","Dress shirt with a pointed or button-down collar"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Position the Tie Around Your Neck","text":"Button the shirt all the way up and flip the collar points up. Drape the tie around your neck with the seam side facing your shirt - the narrow end on your left, the wide end (the front blade) on your right.The narrow end should hang to about your belly button. The wide end will be much longer and will hang past it. That length difference is what gives you enough fabric to work with."},{"number":2,"title":"First Wrap - Cross Over and Under","text":"Take the wide end and cross it over the narrow end so it lies on the right side of your chest. Now bring it underneath the narrow end and back across to the right.You should now see the back side of the wide end facing up - the seam will be visible. Hold the knot in place at your collar with one finger so the cross stays put."},{"number":3,"title":"Second Wrap - Up Through the Neck Loop","text":"Bring the wide end across the front one more time, going left to right over the narrow end. This is your second wrap.Instead of bringing it back under like you did before, take the wide end and push it up through the loop around your neck from underneath. The wide end should pop out at the top, pointing toward your face."},{"number":4,"title":"Pull Through the Front Loop","text":"Look at the front of the knot. There's a horizontal loop where you just wrapped twice across. Take the wide end - now pointing up toward your face - and push it down through that loop on the front of the knot.This is the move that finishes the Four-In-Hand. The wide end will hang back down your chest, and you'll see the knot starting to take shape at your collar."},{"number":5,"title":"Tighten and Form the Dimple","text":"Pinch the wide end with your thumb and middle finger, with your index finger pressing into the center to create a small crease - the dimple - just below the knot.Now pull down gently on the wide end while holding the narrow end with your other hand. The knot tightens up and the dimple sets. Slide the knot up to your throat by pulling the narrow end downward."},{"number":6,"title":"Adjust the Length","text":"Bring your collar down and check the final length in a mirror. The tip of the wide end should land right around your belt - touching it or just past it is ideal. Much higher or lower than that means you started in the wrong spot.The narrow end ideally sits a touch shorter than the wide end. If it's longer, tuck it through the small loop on the back of the wide end (the keeper loop) or behind your shirt placket. You're done."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-05-20T13:37:05.878Z","published":"2026-05-07T14:18:11.959Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}