Sunday, January 22, 2012

Archival DIY: Knotting a Kerchief

For the past few years I've been taking kerchief knotting lessons from John Ford characters. In my mind, my kerchiefs always look as snappy as the ones worn by John Wayne in Ford's cavalry trilogy:

Several weeks ago, I sent out a tweet requesting more formal, step by step instructions for knotting a kerchief. Several folks recommended that I check out Cotton Duck's helpful how-to guide originally posted on the discussion forum superfuture. I'm reposting the instructions below:










3 comments:

Matthew Hranek said...

I NEED THIS AND MORE.
HOW DO THOSE CHIC JAPANESE DUDES TIE
THESE DAMN THINGS AND SOMEHOW MANAGE TO HIDE OR LOSE THE TAG ENDS? HELP

Anonymous said...

Further reference inc. a different take on folding: http://bandanna-almanac.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-tie-a-bandanna.html

Chris Field said...

Thanks, my wife has been looking for this info for quite a while.