18 ways to tie your shoes

Sequimite · #1

Almost a decade ago I found this site and discovered better ways to tie my shoes. The Ian Knot is the one I use - faster and less likely to come untied. As often as you tie your shoes it's worth it to learn a more efficient method.

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/knots.htm

dialex · #2

Wow, thanks for the link. Most instructive. Who would have thought that such a common thing like tying shoelaces can be in fact pretty sophisticated?
Not to mention that my son still has problems tying shoelaces, so this is really useful. :)

Clip · #3

I've used that a few times to relace my shoes. Right now I've got the spiderweb lacing since it reduces lace length a good bit.

Nick D. Fingerz · #4

That is very cool, thanks for posting.

JLS · #5

dialex wrote:Wow, thanks for the link. Most instructive. Who would have thought that such a common thing like tying shoelaces can be in fact pretty sophisticated?
Not to mention that my son still has problems tying shoelaces, so this is really useful. :)

Agreed. Wow. I just never gave shoe laces that much thought. I'll also be trying some of the lacing techniques for my boots that have lots of eyelets.

Thanks for posting, Sequimite!

Evil D · #6

Interesting, but i'm skeptical that my ~25 or so years of tying shoes the same way will ever change. It'd be a hard habit to break. I must say though, the "two loop" version is the easiest way to teach a young child to tie their shoes. I used that one on my son until he was older and could understand and had the dexterity for the other typical way to tie.

DCDesigns · #7

i find some of those needlessly complicated. You want to get them off at some point right? lol. I dont think I will be altering my bunny ears technique. If I want it more secure, I double knot the loops.

Minibear453 · #8

I didn't change knots, but had fun playing with methods of lacing. I tried the spyderweb lacing method, and feels as though it distributes the tightness a lot better than normal lacing. That and it looks pretty good.

darkstar29 · #9

Sequimite wrote:Almost a decade ago I found this site and discovered better ways to tie my shoes. The Ian Knot is the one I use - faster and less likely to come untied. As often as you tie your shoes it's worth it to learn a more efficient method.

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/knots.htm

I bookmarked this. I had no idea there were so many different ways to tie shoes.
Now, I'm going to wow and amaze family and friends with my new-found skills. :)

Monocrom · #10

DCDesigns wrote:I find some of those needlessly complicated. You want to get them off at some point right? lol. I dont think I will be altering my bunny ears technique. If I want it more secure, I double knot the loops.

+1

I use the bunny ear version myself. Tying knots can be fun. You need to know several of them though. But for shoes, one technique is really all you need. The Same method I use for tying shoes and sneakers also works great for tying off sweat pants.