The ways to tie a scarf could be countless. Here is another creative way to tie your scarf - butterfly knot:
1. wrap around your neck with a scarf, make a simple knot with the right half below;
2. fold the righ half evenly;
3. put the folded half underneath the left part and then cross the left half following the arrow direction as in the photo;
4. make the knot tight.
A butterfly knot is done. The picture shows you the process and is found in wenxuecity.
Silk garments and accessories always have a luxury position in your wardrobe. By knowing the right way to clean, dry, press, and store silk, you can give your silk garments with a prolonged life. Here are general tips for silk care including cleaning, drying, pressing, and storing silk.
Three ways you can try are hand wash, machine wash, and dry clean.
Hand wash is recommended for almost all silk products with current weaving technology. Hand wash is recommended with an important advantage: it will refresh and rejuvenate the silk fabric with warm water washing. The following rules you should remember during the hand wash: use warm water and mild, non-alkaline soap or good shampoo; completely rinse with clean water added a few tablespoon white vinegar or a few drops of hair conditioner for extra silky feel; Soaking time is never longer than a few minutes; No harsh detergents that contain bleaches or brighteners.
Machine wash is feasible with new model washing machines, such as LG, Bosch. You can use silk setting at a temperature of no more than 86°F (30°C) and selected detergents that contain no enzymes and brighteners. Using a mesh bag and separating colors are highly recommended.
Dry clean is the last resort if necessary. But you should let dry cleaner know that it is silk and make sure that they know how to clean silk.
Even if you machine wash, never use a machine dryer to dry any silk. Water can be pressed out by rolling the silk item up in the towel. Never wring or twist silk. When most of the water is out, silk garments or accessories are best to hung to dry. Some silk, such as bourette, should be dried on a flat surface. Avoid strong and direct sunlight.
Always high temperature can make damage to your silk. If necessary, Iron the silk while damp using Silk setting on the iron. Most wrinkles in silk can be removed by hanging in the bathroom during a shower.
For long term storage, keep the silk away from sunlight, dust without plastic package.
Ties are almost all mass produced at present. Few people think they will customize a tie for themselves. However, you can learn about the procedure to make a tie for your curiosity. Also, you know how to choose a tie next time when you go for tie hunting. Even make a surprise to the sales people there. Two major types of ties are in the current market: four-in-hand and seven-fold. The four-in-hand neckties are the most popular ones and the seven-fold are usually the most luxury ones folded to seven sections from a square silk fabric. The following process is for the four-in-hand.
We briefly introduce the important technical terms for ties before we go into the details. From the fabric viewpoint, a tie is made of three fabrics including outer fabric, inlay, and lining. The outer fabric is the front face of your ties. It is mostly silk or polyester and silk is taken as an example here. The inlay is the embedding piece wrapped by the outer silk. Cotton, wool, or polyester is quite common for the inlay. The lining is the back side of ties at both ends. It is sewn together with the outer silk to hold the inlay. The lining fabric can be the same silk fabric as the outer fabric or polyester.
All above three components are cut from a sheet of raw fabric. The cut pieces are specified by templates. The actual production implements three ways to cut: indirect paper template, directly on the fabric, computer automatic. The cutting is one of the most important steps for the making of ties, especially for the inlay. It should have a perfect fill for the outer silk exactly up to the edge. The common four-in-hand ties consist of three sections: large end, small end, and the join section. The join section connects both ends. You can take a look at your own tie for the three sections which can be identified through the sewing line.
This process is mainly working on both ends of ties with the same procedure. The outer silk fabric and lining are sewn together. It is like a holder which can embed the inlay inside. This sewing process is usually done by machine.
Put together the three parts including the large end, small end, the middle section and fill the lining inside.
The face side of the silk is spread on the table and the lining is positioned in the exactly middle. The extra part to the lining from outer silk is folded to the center line and the same for the other side. The high quality means that the folding edge has a good match for the lining edge. The steaming makes the firm folding shape and the final form is fixed with pins.
The manual stitch is made following the pinned center line. Two tips are the common ways to check if your ties are hand-made. First, check if there are lucky knots on the both end at the back side. The lucky knot is the lateral sewing thread 2-3 cm to the end of the center line. If it has one, you are lucky enough with a hand-made tie. Second, take a look at the center stitching line for the stitch thread density. If hand-made, that will be less dense than 4 threads within 4cm length. The machine one is usually more than 12 threads within 3cm.
As the last step, a tie has to be streamed carefully to remove any creases.
The whole tie making process is not that difficult. After you know the working flow, you have an expert viewpoint on how to select a high quality tie.
Here is another way to tie your favorite scarf. It is good for a oblong scarf. It has such a funny name because the final shape likes a human’s tongue.
1. Wrap your scarf around your neck with the right hand side above;
2. The longer right hand side crosses the central room;
3. The right hand side goes through the central space with a folded shape.
Refer to the following picture for the whole process. The picture is found in the wenxuecity.
a way to tie a scarf - tongue knot
