And so it begins….
As some of you know, I occasionally wear a bow tie. I've had one since about 1973 or 1974, when I bought this giant butterfly-style bow tie. I still have it, and wear it now and then. At the time, I had no idea how to tie one of the darn things. I had to get Ginger (my first wife) to tie it for me whenver I wanted to wear it.
I kind of forgot about bow ties for quite a while. Then, while working at CITGO Petroleum, I had occasion to wear one again. Problem was, I still didn't know how to tie one. So I went out on the Internet and found step-by-step instructions on how to tie a bow tie! I now share this knowledge with you, as I know that most of you secretly want to wear one but are afraid of trying to tie one:
Traslation in English sended to me by Mail, hope is good:
1) Once past the tape by the neck of the shirt, let some 4 cm. more than distance downward of the skirt right to left. To bend the skirt right by above of the left.
2) The skirt right, upon going through the neck creates a knot that one must to squeeze. To prove that the two skirts they are correct must be at same level.
3) Is created the first figure of the bowtie bending according to is indicated the left skirt.
4) Is crossed the skirt right by above of the sheet of the left.
5) Is collected the skirt right and we happen it at the same time that we bend it by between the space that exists between the interior part of the sheet of the left skirt and the knot that holds the tape to the shirt.
6) We Finish of happening the chunk of the skirt right until is begun to draw the bow.
7 and 8) Introducing the finger means in each one of the loops and pulling at the same time with the thumbs and both hand indices we go pulling each one of the extremes of the sheet of the bow. Thus we obtained a clean knot that to prove if that is all right accomplished can be rescinded with the greater facility upon pulling from the extreme of each skirt.
There you have it. Good luck, and enjoy wearing your bow tie!