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"Better Bow" Shoelace Knot
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Another secure knot variation, again based on looping around more than once: Begin as for a
Standard Shoelace Knot, only loop around twice before pulling through the loops thus made.
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Step 1:
Tie a Starting Knot as shown, then make the right (blue) lace into a "loop" by simply
doubling it back onto itself.
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Step 2:
Take the left (yellow) lace and pass it around to the right, going behind the right loop.
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Step 3:
Continue the left (yellow) lace around the right loop to end up in front. Up to this point, the knot is
exactly the same as the Standard Shoelace Knot.
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Step 4:
Unlike the Standard Shoelace Knot, pass the left (yellow) lace around the back of the
right (blue) loop for the second time.
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Step 5:
Continue the left (yellow) lace around the right loop to end up in front for the second time.
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Step 6:
The tricky part is to now feed the left (yellow) lace through the loop thus made.
See below for a tip on how to make this a little easier.
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Step 7:
Keep feeding the left (yellow) lace through until a loop emerges on the right side.
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Step 8:
Now, simply pull the loops to tighten the knot. Like my Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot, the
whole twisted mess of the previous drawing will rearrange itself into a neat finished knot.
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Finished Knot
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The finished knot should be a tight, closed knot with a double wrap around the middle, as compared to the single
wrap of either my Ian Knot or any Standard Shoelace Knot.
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My Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot is an improvement on this knot that is somewhat easier
to tie and ends up as a symmetrical finished knot.
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Technical Details
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Tying Tips:
The recommended method of creating this knot is to do steps 3 through 5 with the right forefinger sitting alongside
the right (blue) loop. When the left (yellow) lace is wrapped around the right (blue) loop, it is also wrapped
around the right forefinger. At step 6, withdraw the finger, feeding the left (yellow) lace into the hole where the
finger was. The finger helps keep the loops open, but withdrawing the finger and feeding the lace through is still
quite tricky!
As an alternative, the right thumb can be used instead of the forefinger, as the extra thickness creates larger
loops through which to feed the lace. Better still, wrap the loops around the tips of the thumb and two fingers
that are holding the right loop. At step 6, when the left (yellow) lace is fed through the loops, those fingertips
can grab the lace and pull it through.
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This page last updated: 08-May-2008. Copyright © 2005-2008 by
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