The Blue Knot was founded in January 2012 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  It started as a side hustle to pay for my wedding.  In the fall of 2012 my grandfather passed away, and a few short months later in the spring of 2013 my dad passed away.  In 2014 my sister and I decided to open a storefront to turn the hobby into something more.  We needed a name for our growing business, and wanted to honor our father and grandfather in the name.  Blue was always dad's favorite color, and Pop would say "I'm gonna jerk a knot in your tail" whenever we would misbehave, and from that The Blue Knot was born.