Why YSK is to prevent your shoes from coming untied, creating a tripping hazard (plus it looks better).
Hello there. Please don’t forget to include “Why YSK:” in the body text part of your posts :)
Done! Thanks for the reminder.
I tied mine wrong for about 45 years. I use a variant of the strong knot he demonstrates here. It’s a game changer. My shoes never come accidentally untied anymore.
I just stick with Merrell slip-ons, no need for laces and you don’t feel like a child with velcro.
Even more useful than this video, Ian’s Shoelace Site: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm
Ian’s Shoelace Site has 25 different ways to tie your laces. I’ve been using the eponymous Ian knot for years.
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I use this method. Took a second to learn but now it’s insanely fast and easy. I used to tie and leave tied, but now I don’t have to
I just do the former but tie the bows together to “lock” the instant “pull to untie” feature of the knot, then treat them like slip-ons. The “lock” don’t bind so they’re not hard to remove if I have to.
I just make them loose enough to be able to slip on/off with minimal hand use but fit enough that they won’t come off in normal circumstances.
I can tie a noose a little faster than my shoes so I guess I’m just bad at tying shoes.
Didn’t know I needed this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqXZHA46wTU A very fast way of tying your shoelaces.
The real trick is to reverse how you do the first part of the knot instead of trying to do your loops “backwards”
I’ve never even heard of the way that he’s calling wrong. I’ve always tied my shoes with the bow going across the shoe.