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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:
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.

Double Sided Lacing Variations
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. Here's some photos of variations (sent by site visitors):
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 & white Heelys skate shoes with cyan trim and black & white combination of Double Sided Lacing and Lattice Lacing - Click to enlarge
Lattice
Black Adidas Vespas with white trim and fluoro green, fluoro orange, fluoro yellow & flouro 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
Hover over any photo for details, or click to enlarge in the Shoe Lacing Photos page.

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