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Double Sided Lacing
Using two flat shoelaces on top of each other, or one shoelace with different colors on the front and back, will alternate those colors up the shoe. When using two laces, ensure that they are fairly thin because each eyelet has to accommodate two layers of shoelace.
Double Lacing diagram
Double Lacing picture 1
Double Lacing picture 2
This photo of a Converse sneaker with Double Sided Lacing was sent to me by Damari T.
Lacing Technique:
1. Start with two different colored flat shoelaces, each the correct length for that shoe.

2. Hold both flat shoelaces together to end up with a double-thickness, double-sided shoelace.

3. Using that double-sided shoelace, lace the shoe normally as per Criss Cross Lacing. At each set of eyelets, alternate the color that sits uppermost.

4. 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.


Features:
Decorative look
Harder to tighten
Harder to tie


Variations:
1. To make tying easier, leave the ends of one color shoelace tucked into the top of the shoe and only tie with the remaining ends of the other color.

2. The technique shown on this page is effectively a double sided variation of Criss Cross Lacing, but the same technique can be applied to ANY lacing method to turn it into a bi-color variation. See below for some photos of variations.


Photos of Variations (sent by site visitors)
White Globe sneakers with white, yellow, red & green combination of Checkerboard Lacing and Double Sided Lacing - Click to enlarge
Checkerboard
Black Nike 6.0s with red, white & blue trim and red & blue Double Sided Lacing - Click to enlarge
Criss Cross
White Globe sneakers with grey trim and blue & black combination of Double Sided Lacing and Double Cross Lacing and Spider Web Lacing - Click to enlarge
Double Cross
Black Converse sneakers with white trim and black & white combination of Double Sided Lacing and Double Helix Lacing - Click to enlarge
Double Helix
Patterned pale blue Converse Mr Freezes with blue & white combination of Double Sided Lacing and Hexagram Lacing (from Guillermo B) - Click to enlarge
Hexagram
Black & white Lakai Soca 2 50/50s with black & white combination of Double Sided Lacing and Lattice Lacing - Click to enlarge
Lattice
Patterned brown & cream Airwalk Outlaw 3s with brown & cream combination of Double Sided Lacing and Lattice Lacing - Click to enlarge
Lattice
Black & blue Lakai hi-tops with white trim and black & blue combination of Double Sided Lacing and Lattice Lacing - Click to enlarge
Lattice
Black & grey Osiris Harlems with orange & white trim and orange & black combination of Double Sided Lacing and Lattice Lacing - Click to enlarge
Lattice
Black Converse hi-tops with fluoro red, fluoro orange & fluoro yellow combination of Double Sided Lacing and Over Under Lacing and Display Shoe Lacing (from Molly G) - Click to enlarge
Over Under
Black Adidas Vespas with white trim and fluoro green, fluoro orange, fluoro yellow & fluoro pink combination of Pentagram Lacing and Double Sided Lacing and Half & Half Lacing - Click to enlarge
Pentagram
Black Nike Air Max 90s with orange trim and orange combination of Double Sided Lacing and Shoe Shop Lacing - Click to enlarge
Shoe Shop
White British Knights hi-tops with black trim and red & white combination of Double Sided Lacing and Spider Web Lacing (from Michelle M) - Click to enlarge
Spider Web
Black Converse hi-tops with white trim and fluoro orange & purple combination of Double Sided Lacing and Zipper Lacing (from Hannah P) - Click to enlarge
Zipper
Hover over any photo for details, or click to enlarge in the Shoe Lacing Photos page.


Recent Photos (sent by site visitors)
Black sneakers with fluoro green combination of Double Lacing and Double Sided Lacing and Pentagram Lacing - Click to enlarge Black Converse All-Stars with white trim and black & white Double Sided Lacing - Click to enlarge Patterned pale blue Converse Mr Freezes with blue & white combination of Double Sided Lacing and Hexagram Lacing (from Guillermo B) - Click to enlarge Black Converse hi-tops with white trim and fluoro orange & purple combination of Double Sided Lacing and Zipper Lacing (from Hannah P) - Click to enlarge Black Converse hi-tops with fluoro red, fluoro orange & fluoro yellow combination of Double Sided Lacing and Over Under Lacing and Display Shoe Lacing (from Molly G) - Click to enlarge White British Knights hi-tops with black trim and red & white combination of Double Sided Lacing and Spider Web Lacing (from Michelle M) - 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
Double Lacing Double Lacing
Similar looking bi-color method with the laces running at a steeper angle and the colors overlapping.
Criss Cross Lacing Criss Cross Lacing
Single-colored lacing method on which this bi-colored method is based.

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This page last updated: 09-Apr-2013. Copyright © 2009-2013 by Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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