Comments on: DIY: Skinny Ties

By: Veda

Veda — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:30:10 +0000

Hi! thanks so much for this post! I’ve took some of the old ties from my Dad, who just passed away, and I was thinking of a way to wear them as a head bands and /or ties for my jeans, and convert the regular ones into skinny ones is going to make them awesome for me to wear! Thanks so much again!

By: Morreen Forde

Morreen Forde — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:15:24 +0000

One of my long time dreams is to make ties. The idea came to me again (yesterday, March 18) and I mentioned it to a friend who encouraged me to go and purchase the material and unstitch an old tie and make a pattern from it. I did purchased the material and started to search the internet for instructions on “how to make ties”. I am glad that I found your site. Thanks for the ideas. You have inspired me. I will proceed with my project shortly

By: Richard Palmer

Richard Palmer — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:45:41 +0000

Best, clearest directions I’ve seen. You’re the Internet article for which I’ve been waiting to trim down some of my wide ties. The pictures totally make the site!
Thanks! Be blessed.

By: Rasha

Rasha — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:28:34 +0000

*Laughs* Can I just send you all my fat ties and pay you to do it for me? ;)

I LOVE THIS IDEA! I have to wear ties to work and being a woman that is only 5’4″ tall most men’s ties are too long and too wide. I enjoy wearing the skinny ties, but you are right….they are hard to find. Especially ones that look right for my stature.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:42:54 +0000

Thanks, sweetie! My 15-year-old kiddo stumbled upon your tutorial–we’ve been accumulating clearanced Jerry Garcia ties, and he asked me to ‘skinny them down’ according to your directions. They’ll be unique, for sure: “Hey … where’d you find a SKINNY Garcia tie?” Our secret. :)

Your website is lovely, and good therapy. :D

By: Coll

Coll — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:10:38 +0000

Re-made an old tie from recently deceased grandpa for grandson. Perfect way to wear a beautiful reminder of Gramps! Thanks for the easy-as-pie instructions!

By: Cam

Cam — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:57:31 +0000

Seven years ago I was too young to know much about ties, but I would guess the popularity of the “fatty tie” has more to do with the fact that everyone is generally more “fatty” than in the 70′s and 80′s when things like skinny jeans were also in. Once all the starving hipsters, whether from being poor or doing too much drugs, started rocking them we realized they just looked better. I think it is an undeniable matter of aesthetics that a person who is in shape is going to look best with a skinny tie while a larger person is going to look silly wearing a skinny tie, and vice-versa. The tie accents the shape of the body by mimicking it. Kind of like how a fitted shirt is inarguably more attractive on lean people because of how it adorns the beautiful shape of the human body. I mean “fatty” ties even start to bulge out towards the bottom much in the same manner as a larger person starts to bulge at the waist and hips. The fashion industry may be fickle, but that doesn’t mean that some fashion trends are more aesthetically sound.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:06:54 +0000

I’ve been looking to buy skinny ties, but I can never find, where did you buy the regular ones for a dollar?? That is an amazing price..

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:45:49 +0000

Great article. You helped me update my wordrobe

By: Gretchen L.

Gretchen L. — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:58:06 +0000

This tutorial is lovely! I have one question, though… Where did you go to get a YSL tie for $1??

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:56:19 +0000

This is such an awesome idea! I could not figure out what to get my bf. and this is the perfect gift!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:53:00 +0000

Great thanks! Any chance you could add a “pin it” button? My browser won’t let me add one so when I can’t find one on the site I can’t pin it…

By: jb

jb — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:07:05 +0000

also try stitch witchery. i followed this for some ties and used stitch witchery instead of actually stitching it and it worked fine. time will tell if it holds, but we’ve used it on other things and it worked fine so i expect it to save me this time, too!

By: Whitney

Whitney — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:35:31 +0000

Woo-hoo! Thank you for this awesome tutorial!!!! I recently tried it and blogged about it at http://www.becomingwhitney.com . My husband was SO happy to have some of his fat ties converted. And seeing him so happy made me overjoyed. Thank you again!

By: Jair

Jair — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:55:07 +0000

Hello, just wondering if there was an easier way to do this that would utilize the back end of a tie, which is already skinny most of the time anyway compared to the front end which is wider? Great tutorial!

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:35:47 +0000

I discovered your tutorial through Pinterest. It’s a great idea, not just for “skinny” ties, but also to narrow 4.5″ old ties to a more trend neutral 3″. Thanks a lot for this tutorial, it’s really well made and useful! Btw that tailor is a thief: mine would only charge 9$.

By: Eliza Jane

Eliza Jane — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:07:47 +0000

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing!

By: VaLon

VaLon — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:31:02 +0000

I love these! They are so great. Skinny ties are so great, and like you said, so hard to find. I love that you have made these out of old ones. I had a hard time making a tie for my father, but this makes it look so easy. Great read.

By: XD mughal

XD mughal — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:31:27 +0000

amazing job man. . . .!!!!!!!

By: Arkhangael

Arkhangael — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +0000

I threw an awful lot of large ties away yesterday. N I am seeing this tonight!!

For sure, I’ll be trying this.

Thanx for sharing