How to Tie Your Shoes With One Hand, According to a Paralympian

with one arm tied behind (one’s) back

Easily or effortlessly; encountering no difficulty or resistance (while doing something). Are you kidding? Montgomery is a powerhouse boxer. He’d knock that kid out with one arm tied behind his back! Oh, please, I could beat you in a game of chess with one arm tied behind my back.See also: arm, back, behind, one, tieFarlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

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How to Tie a Kelvin Knot

This uncommon knot will certainly set you apart from the crowd. Thankfully, Kelvin knots are easy to learn and create an even, polished look. Follow a few basic steps, and you’ll be a Kelvin knot expert in no time.

1. Drape your tie around your collar with the seam out and the thick end on your left. Hang your end two or three inches lower than where you hope to complete the tie.
2. Cross the thick end under the thin side left to ride. You should create an X underneath your chin.Take the thick end across the front knot from right to left. Wrap around the thin end and pass back underneath the knot from left to right.Bring the thick end horizontally across the front moving from right to left. Tuck a finger under the horizontal band you create.Tuck your thick end underneath the loop around your collar.
3. Bring your thick end through the horizontal loop. Snug the knot down into place.
4. Tighten by grasping the knot with one hand and pulling on the narrow end with the other.

Step 2: Loop One of the Trash Bag Strings on the Hook on the Outside

Grab both strings and hold them in one hand.

Put one of the strings on the hook while holding the other string in your hand.

How To Tie A Half Windsor Knot

• Complexity: Somewhat complex
• Best Collars: Spread

1. Starting with the wide blade about 8″ longer than the narrow one, pass the wide blade over the narrow one.
2. Loop the wide blade behind the narrow one and pull it upwards
3. Pull the wide blade down behind the still-forming knot, then pull it across in front of the narrow blade
4. Pull the wide blade behind the still-forming knot again
5. Tug the wide blade up to create the knot below
6. Pull wide blade through the slipknot
7. Adjust

The half-Windsor is a Windsor knot with the second loop removed from the tying process. It isn’t as thick as a Windsor but maintains its triangular shape. This is a good knot for men who are of small stature and need their ties’ length to be used up but don’t want a massive knot underneath their faces.

The Tie Dimple Why Its Important

You may have heard of something called a “tie dimple.” This is a fold in the fabric just beneath the knot, and necktie enthusiasts tend to feel that the presence of a dimple separates the men from the boys, as it were.

A good dimple helps to hold the tie in place while giving it some added visual interest. A tie without a dimple can look like a limp fish hanging around your neck, while a tie with a dimple comes to life and is indicative of a man who’s in charge of his clothes.

You can manufacture a dimple by simply pressing one into the tie with your fingers after it’s been knotted. Ties (silk ones primarily) have “memory,” though, so over time a dimple will occur naturally.

Above, we see a tie with no dimple: lifeless and sloppy. Below, we see a tie with a dimple, full of life and natty as all get-out.

Step 6: Draw Out an Outline of the Design and Set Dimensions

We did ours on onshape.com, but any CAD design station will work for this design.

We begin by drawing the outline as show above. Onshape allowed the lines to be fixed parallel and that is what you want for the design. Since you can set the dimensions it does not matter how long you draw the lines as long as the outline looks similar to the one pictured.

Then set the parameters and dimensions equal to the ones pictured above.

How to Tie a Four-in-Hand Knot

The four-in-hand knot works well for wide neckties in heavy fabrics. Learn how to knot a tie in this style if you’re hoping to dress up a traditional look. It looks most attractive when worn with a standard button-down dress shirt. With a few easy steps, people can tie the four-in-hand knot in a matter of minutes.

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1. To complete this knot, raise the shirt collar and drape the tie around the neck so the wide end is on the right side and extends roughly 12 inches below the narrow end.
2. Bring the wide part of the tie across the narrow part.
3. Then bring the wide part under the narrow part.
4. Bring the wide side back over the top of the narrow part.
5. Bring the wide side up through the large loop at the neck.
6. With a loose hold on the knot, insert the wide end in a downward direction through the loop in front.
7. Holding the bottom narrow part of the tie with one hand, slide the knot upward with the other until neat and snug. Lower the shirt collar to complete the look.

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