Yosef Karo, Translation:Shulchan Aruch — Orach Chaim 25Specification of the Laws of Tefillin
“ One who puts on tefillin shel yad and says the blessing and at the beginning of tightening it the tefillin-knot comes apart, requiring tying a new knot, if one's concentration has indeed not faltered, one does not need to make a new blessing. If the shel yad loosens before one puts on the shel rosh, one tightens the shel yad again and does not need to make a new blessing, but if one has already put on the shel rosh and only later does the shel yad come loose, one then has to tighten with a blessing. ”
