Ack! Stock ties? Please help

Feliche · 06-25-2008, 04:19 PM

Pony clubbers! What is the correct way to tie a stock tie for dressage/ eventing, please? Is it the one that's just a "foofy" square knot:

http://www.horse-rider-etc.com/foxhunt/tiestocktie.html

Or is it this nicer looking one?
http://www.saddleshop.com/extras/stocktie_print.htm

Help is appreciated! Thanks

-Megs

Liberty's Gal · 06-26-2008, 06:47 AM

Yep I just did mine in a foofed up square knot per the instructions that came with the stock tie. There were many more complicated ones out there but I think most of those were the pre tied ones you just slip over your head.

Someone correct me if I am wrong but I think the stock tie is based on the 18th and 19th century man's cravat where very intricate folding was the norm.

For the dressage ring the square knot will suffice.

be_pretend · 06-26-2008, 06:59 AM

I always do the first way you posted... and that's how I was taught by Pony Club. lol
I just fluff it a bit more at the end, so you can't really see much of the knot, and at formals at rallies, I've never had any points off, so I assume that's the correct way to tie it... because they have untied it to work backwards to see that I did it correctly.

Chester · 06-26-2008, 07:32 AM

I cheated. I made one and it isn't actually tied even but looks right.

sdawn8806 · 06-26-2008, 10:17 AM

i hate tying them so i cheat and get the pre-tied ones, but when i did have one that you have to tie i did the foofed up square knot.

06-26-2008, 06:47 AM	#2
Liberty's Gal Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,450 Images: 179	Yep I just did mine in a foofed up square knot per the instructions that came with the stock tie. There were many more complicated ones out there but I think most of those were the pre tied ones you just slip over your head. Someone correct me if I am wrong but I think the stock tie is based on the 18th and 19th century man's cravat where very intricate folding was the norm. For the dressage ring the square knot will suffice. __________________ "Success is NOT perfection. Success is being just a little better each day." No 1 Dazy and Bobbie Paulk, USDF "R" Judge Home To: Markus KA (aka Denali)

06-26-2008, 07:32 AM	#4
Chester Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: inland of the coral sea Posts: 9,212 Images: 726	I cheated. I made one and it isn't actually tied even but looks right. __________________ Aussie Aussie Aussie OI OI OI "We're all members of the outback club, we don't back down and we don't give up" Lee Kernaghan "Good friends are worth more than money any day" Adam Brand Is it full moon time again? Did the cereal truck overturn and fruitloops got spilt?

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06-26-2008, 06:59 AM	#3
be_pretend Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 336 Images: 1	I always do the first way you posted... and that's how I was taught by Pony Club. lol I just fluff it a bit more at the end, so you can't really see much of the knot, and at formals at rallies, I've never had any points off, so I assume that's the correct way to tie it... because they have untied it to work backwards to see that I did it correctly.

06-26-2008, 10:17 AM	#5
sdawn8806 Full Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: gainesville, FL Posts: 181 Images: 35	i hate tying them so i cheat and get the pre-tied ones, but when i did have one that you have to tie i did the foofed up square knot.