Thank for all of the replies!

My problem is that my traditional ties are either slightly too short, or my calves slightly too large for me to "wrap the ties from the outside of the calf to the inside, overlap and back out to the outside" as JohnTheBiker suggests. Currently I just start on the inside of my calf, wrap to the outside & square knot, then tuck the ends back under themselves a couple of times until I get the desired length. I suppose that's ok, I was just hoping there was a cleaner way to do it.

I only have 1 pair of traditional ties today, in the future I'll absolutely try to order them longer. Thanks for the tip!