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Double Lacing
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Another way of ending up with two colors is to interweave two laces up the shoe, ending up with four lace ends,
which can then be tied creatively.
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The four ends of the two shoelaces end up at the top of the shoe.
The colorful new sneakers that we bought for my partner, Inge, came with Double Lacing! |
Lacing Technique:
1. Start with two different colored laces, each shorter than the original laces from that shoe.
2. Feed one shoelace (purple in my diagram) straight across the bottom and emerge through the bottom two eyelets.
3. Cross the ends over and, skipping one set of eyelets, feed under and emerge through the third set of
eyelets.
4. Continue crossing over and going up two sets of eyelets at a time until you reach either the top or second from
top set of eyelets.
5. Take the second shoelace (orange in my diagram) and, starting from the second set of eyelets, lace
through the remaining eyelets (every second pair).
Features:
Decorative look
Creative options
Needs new laces
Comparative Length (each lace) = 57%
Laced area uses less (each lace about −43%)
Shorter laces needed (each lace about −20%)
Lengthens lace ends (each lace about +39%)
More details
NOTE:
If your shoes have
odd numbers of eyelet pairs (eg. 7 pairs = 14 eyelets), one lace will pass through more eyelets than the other.
The two laces will therefore need to be different
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Recent Photos (sent by site visitors)
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Hover over any photo for details, or click to enlarge in the
Shoe Lacing Photos page.
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Double Lacing Variations
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The technique shown above is effectively a double variation of
Criss Cross Lacing. However, several other lacing methods apply themselves equally well to Double Lacing. For
example, the photo at right is a double variation of
Hash Lacing, which can even be interwoven to look like a bi-color
Lattice Lacing.
In most cases, you can turn a normal lacing method into a double lacing method by following the instructions for
one lace using the odd numbered pairs of eyelets (ie. 1st, 3rd, 5th pair), then the other lace using the even
numbered eyelet pairs (ie. 2nd, 4th, 6th pair, etc). See below for some more examples.
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Tying Off
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When finished, this method ends up with four lace ends at the top of the shoe. Here's where you have plenty of
creative options for tying your shoes:
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Tie the knot using the two ends at each side held together like double-thickness shoelaces.
(Best with flat laces). |
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Tie only the top ends, while the second-from-top ends are simply tucked into the shoe. |
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across the shoe - one knot across the top set of eyelets, the other knot across the second from top set of
eyelets. |
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Tie two knots
along the shoe - one knot using the two left ends and the other knot using the two right ends. |
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These are only
some of the possibilities. Your only limit is your imagination and your definitions of "decorative" and "messy".
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Related Links
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Double Sided Lacing
Similar looking bi-color method with the laces running at a shallow angle and not overlapping.
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Double Back Lacing
Similar looking method laced with a single colored shoelace.
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This page last updated: 28-Mar-2013. Copyright © 2004-2013 by
Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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