The tip I learned that was a game-changer for me when my girls were Tenderhearts and Explorers: tie the neckerchief around the girl's HEAD, not NECK, placing the middle of it at her nape and then tying the ends fairly tight at her forehead; this way it'll be JUST loose enough so when the girl is changing out of her uniforms, she can slide it off instead of untying it to get it off. And then, when it's time to get dressed for the next AHG uniformed event, she can slide it back on instead of neatly (or messily) re-tying it!

How to get the "spiral" ends and the tidy-looking knot:
1) find the halfway point by folding the neckchief so the right-angle point (that'll end up at the girl's back) is touching the middle of the longest edge; press the fold with your fingers so it shows a crease when you unfold it.
2) tightly fold/roll the long edge until it meets the crease from step one. you should end up with a fairly small triangle and two "spirals" ending in points.
3) place the triangle at the girl's back, with the rolled edge at the nape of her neck. pull the spiral ends around the front, over/near each ear, up to her forehead.
4) tie a tidy square knot right at the middle of her forehead, like you're tying a bandana headband.
a) place right end over left end, then pull it up through the space between the left end and the forehead
b) now "rename" the ends in your mind since they switched places in step a): the new left end is coming out the top, pointing left; the new right end is coming out the bottom, pointing right.
c) push the new right end over a bit so it's pointing more to the left.
d) place the new left end over the new right end, then pull it up through the space formed by the crossed ends.
e) slowly pull tight so the knot is as close to the forehead as possible and stays tidy, with one spiraled end coming out on each side of a vertical bit of neckerchief that forms the "front" loop of the square knot

* Sorry for the 15-second close up of my elbow instead of a better view of the edge being rolled up! ...I'm glad I moisturized recently. *

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