Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
Heh, like others have stated, I haven't worn a knit tie since the 1980s. I have thought about them off and on throughout the years, but there were two things I absolutely hated about them:

1. The square bottoms. Sounds like that may no longer be an issue if you can get them with a pointed bottom.

2. They S-T-R-E-T-C-H !!! I like a nice, tight knot. And knit ties always seemed to give me a huge bulky knot because I couldn't really tighten them up without distorting the knit material way out of shape. And I imagine that part of this problem is the increased friction of a knitted material, as opposed to woven.

That said, I do think it looks sharp when worn with tweed and tucked into a waistcoat. I might have to consider knit ties again. Yours looks grand, Matt!
The pattern I posted has the knit front of tie backed up by woven fabric "lining." This should help with the stretch issue but the friction factor is still there.