how to tie a necktie?
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http://www.tieking.com.au/category21_1.htm\n\ngives step by step directions with pictures
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Necktie\nFrom Wikipedia\n\nA necktie (usually just called a tie) is a long piece of material worn around the neck and under a collar with a knot tied in front. The modern necktie's original name was the four-in-hand tie. The modern necktie, along with the ascot and the bow tie, are all descended from the cravat. They are mainly worn by men, though they are sometimes worn by women, either as fashionable dress wear or as part of a uniform.\n\nCravat\nA cravat is the neckband that was the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie. From the end of the 16th century, the term "band" applied to any long strip of cloth worn round the neck that was not a "ruff". The ruff itself had started its career in the earlier 16th century as a starched and pleated strip of white linen that could be freshly changed to keep the neck of a doublet from getting increasingly grimy, or for use as a bib or napkin. A "band" could indicate a plain, attached shirt collar or a detached "falling band" that draped over the doublet collar.\n\n \nNecktie fashions have changed over time. This 1818 pamphlet depicts various styles of tying a cravat.The modern form of the cravat originated in the 1630s. Like most male fashions between the 17th century and World War I, it had a military origin. During the reign of Louis XIII of France, Croatian mercenaries enlisted in a regiment that supported the King and Richelieu against the Duc de Guise and the Queen Mother, Marie de Medici. The traditional outfit of these Croats aroused curiosity in Paris on account of the unusual and picturesque scarves distinctively tied about their necks. The scarves were made of various cloths, ranging from coarse material for common soldiers, to fine linen and silk for officers. The word "cravat" comes from the French cravate, and many sources state that this is a corruption of "Croat" — Croatian "Hrvat". However there is evidence that the word was in use in France in the 14th century and in Italy in 16th century. In one of his ballads, the French writer Eustache Deschamps (c. 1340–1407), used the phrase "faites restraindre sa cravate" (pull his cravat tighter). Considering the interdependency of many European regions (particularly the French) with the Venetian Empire, and the fact that this empire at one time occupied the bulk of the Croatian coast, that type of cross-culturalization would not be unprecedented. Whatever the origin of the word the new form of dress became known as a cravate and the French were quite ready to give up the starched linen ruffs that they had been wearing and adopt the new fashion of loose cravates made of linen or muslin with broad edges of lace.\n\nOn his return to England from exile in 1660, Charles II brought with him this new word in fashion:\n\n"A cravatte is another kind of adornment for the neck being nothing else but a long towel put about the Collar, and so tyed before with a Bow Knott; this is the original of all such Wearings; but now by the Art and Inventions of the seamsters, there is so many new ways of making them, that it would be a task to name, much more to describe them". (Randle Holme, Academy of Armory and Blazon, 1688.) \nA gentleman's cravat would be made of fine lace. Grinling Gibbons the famous carver and sculptor, made a highly realistic one, carved out of a piece of white limewood.\n\nDuring the wars of Louis XIV of 1689–1697, the flowing cravat was replaced, except for court occasions, by the more current and equally military Steinkirk, named for the Battle of Flanders of 1692. The Steinkirk was a long narrow, plain or lightly trimmed neckcloth worn with military dress, wrapped just once about the neck in a loose knot, with a lace of fringed ends that were twisted together and tucked out of the way into the button-hole (of either a coat or a waistcoat) The steinkirk proved to be popular with both men and women until the 1720s.\n\nT
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put on a tie like a grown-up...you can always take it off during the receiption if it seems appropriate
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A sport coat and color-coordinated dress slacks with a pastel dress shirt might do. But a solid navy-blue or medium-to-dark gray business suit is best, as is a solid-white, long-sleeve dress shirt with a conservative silk tie. Silk makes a smaller, much nicer knot than most other fabrics. If you can't afford 100-percent silk, try a silk blend. \nA tie clip or pin will keep your tie from flopping around when you open your sport coat or suit jacket. \nWear calf-length dress socks (not crew or tube socks) that match the color of your suit. \nWear low-heeled, conservative dress shoes that are color coordinated with your suit. (For example, don't wear brown shoes with a navy-blue or gray suit. Wear black.) Some say that laced shoes are dressier than loafers, but that's a minor detail. The important thing is to wear conservative, color-coordinated dress shoes, not sneakers, cowboy boots, etc. \nDon't go without a belt if you're wearing pants with belt loops. Wear a dress belt that matches your shoes (e.g., black with black). \nGet a professional haircut or trim. If you can't stand the thought of cutting your long hair for interviews, at least tie it back in a ponytail. But short, well-groomed hair is best. \nClean-shaven is the best way to go too. If you have a beard or moustache, shave it off for interviews. If you just can't, at least make sure it's well-groomed. \nIf you ordinarily wear one or more earrings, remove them before interviews
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Are you trying to say necking?
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There are actual tie boxes that you can purchase to put the tie in or if you can't find one try looking for a thing narrow rectangular box that would fit the tie.  Fold the tie in half (I know some people will also fold it in thirds) so tha thte tie looks like it is being worn, put some tissue paper on top to hold it in place, put the lid on and then wrap it up.  Easy as that.
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Use a large square piece fabric the lenght of your elbow to the fingertips ;when folded in half from a triangle. Tie together the two end at the fold forming a smaller triangle an place it over your head and around your neck. Now place you arm inside of the sling making sure it is level with your heart. Safety pin the loose material at the elbow to secure the arm.
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You could stitch up one end of the tie, fill it with dried beans (small ones like lentils) and then stitch up the open side. Then glue little google-eyes (from a craft store) and a red tongue for a face.
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From the link below:\n\n1. Hold one end of each shoelace in each hand.\n2. Cross them, making an X.\n3. Pass one end of the shoelace under the other.\n4. Pull tight.\n5. Fold one shoelace in half while holding laces taut.\n6. Wrap the other end around the folded end.\n7. Grasp it in the middle after pulling it around the folded end.\n8. Bend it into a flat loop and pull through, making a bow.\n9. Repeat with other shoe.
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Make sure to leave enough air space at the open end of the balloon first of all.  Then, pinch off that end and twist it to hold the water in.  Wrap the open end of the balloon over your finger and pull through to make a standard knot.  Have fun!
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sew  some pig skintogether and poke holes in it and tie a shoesting in and out in anad out and then another shoestirng and put it through the other part to tie at
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Benjamin Sisko / Dax tie
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poster above is describing the improved clinch knot.\n\nAnother choice is the Palomar Knot.\n\nJust check out this site:\nPicture worth a thousand words
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Go top sports authority and buy a little kit with the lacing and the tool to do it with.  There should be some instructions in there.
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It originated in the 1630's and had a military origin. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necktie\n\nThey became popular as dress wear back then as they were more comfortable than the starched linen ruffs that were worn at the time.
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the correct phrase is tying the tie. and it works because you TIE a knot in the tie. just like tying your shoes.
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Suggestion for the wife.... "NECKTIE".... better yet (cheaper)..rope, to tie around your neck...