How To use : Tie a Necktie What You Need tie, collared shirt Follow These Steps Place tie around your neck With your collar upturned, drape the necktie around your neck so that the middle of the tie lies flush against the back of your collar, seam down. Hold the wider end of the tie in your dominant hand (and the narrow end in your other hand) and pull it down so that the tip rests about one foot lower than the tip of the narrow end. Cross the wide end over the thinner end Bring the wide end across the narrow end and clasp it with your nondominant hand a few inches below your neck, where the two pieces intersect. Run wide end under tie and pull it across again Reaching under the narrow end with your dominant hand, grab the wide end and pull it behind the narrow end, back toward your dominant side. Pull the wide end through the center Bring the wide end back across the front, where your knot is starting to form, and then, switching hands, bring it up through the loop between your ...