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Angled Checker Lacing
Doubling up two different colored shoelaces and weaving them through each other like Lattice Lacing forms a dense angled two-color checker pattern.
Angled Checker Lacing diagram

Angled Checker Lacing photo 1
Angled Checker Lacing photo 2
This photo of Angled Checker Lacing on some black Wink sneakers was sent to me by Victor K.
Lacing Technique:
1. Start with two different colored shoelaces, preferably flat and not too wide.

2. Feed one lace (purple) through the bottom left eyelet. Feed through half the length so that the two loose ends are of equal length.

3. Hold both ends of the left (purple) lace together to end up with a double-thickness shoelace.

4. The left (purple) ends are run diagonally upwards on the outside and are fed in through the third higher set of eyelets up the shoe (skip past two sets of eyelets).

5. The ends are run straight up the inside and emerge through the next set of eyelets up the shoe.

6. The ends are run diagonally downwards on the outside and are fed in through the third lower set of eyelets down the shoe (skip past two sets of eyelets).

7. The ends are run straight up the inside and emerge through the next set of eyelets up the shoe.

8. The ends are run diagonally upwards on the outside, then fed under the sides to emerge through the top right set of eyelets (skip past two sets of eyelets).

9. Feed the second lace (orange) through the bottom right eyelet. Feed through half the length so that the two loose ends are of equal length.

10. Using the two ends of the right (orange) lace, repeat Steps (4) through (8) in reverse to follow a mirror-image path of the left (purple) lace ends.

11. At each intersection, ensure that one of the ends weaves over and under the left (purple) segments while the other end weaves under and over.
NOTE:
At the top of the shoe, once again hold the two ends at each side together as though they are one double-thickness shoelace and tie a regular shoelace knot.

This lacing works best with thinner laces because each eyelet has to accommodate two passes of shoelace.

These instructions only work on shoes with exactly six pairs of eyelets. For shoes with different numbers of eyelet pairs, see the more comprehensive Lattice Lacing instructions.
Features:
Decorative look
Harder to tighten
Harder to tie

Comparative Length = 100%
Each lace is about the same length as basic Criss Cross Lacing
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Recent Photos (sent by site visitors)
Black DVS Shoe Company sneakers with cyan & white Angled Checker Lacing (from Krista H) - Click to enlarge Black sneakers with pink & white trim and pink & black combination of Angled Checker Lacing and Checkerboard Lacing (from Sonya S) - Click to enlarge Black Nike Dunks with green & yellow trim and pale blue, orange & yellow Angled Checker Lacing (from Victor K) - Click to enlarge Black sneakers with fluoro orange & fluoro green Angled Checker Lacing (from Peter H) - Click to enlarge Black Osiris sneakers with orange trim and orange Angled Checker Lacing (from Sassy G) - Click to enlarge Blue Converse DC Comics hi-tops with maroon & white trim and maroon & white Angled Checker Lacing (from Audric F) - Click to enlarge
Hover over any photo for details, or click to enlarge in the Shoe Lacing Photos page.


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Related Links
Checkerboard Lacing Checkerboard Lacing
Similar woven checkerboard that lies straight instead of at an angle.
Lattice Lacing Lattice Lacing
Simpler, single color interwoven lacing on which this method is based.

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