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Shoelace and Knotting Links
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Here's some links to other shoelace and knot related web sites. Providing links is good "Netiquette", enabling the
Internet to effectively become its own index. That way, even if visitors haven't found what they wanted on my site,
it may at least have pointed them in the right direction.
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Shoe Lacing Links
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Double Helix Lacing Method:
Monte Fisher has developed and patented a method of lacing shoes, especially boots, that makes them easier and
faster to tighten and loosen. I've reproduced this lacing on my own
Double Helix Lacing page so that you can compare it to the other lacing methods on my web site.
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How to lace a Dehner 9 Eyelet Boot:
The Dehner 9 eyelet Field Boots and Bal-Patrol Boots are unusual in that the widest part of the boot that pulls
together is in the middle of the lacing rather than at the top. This page shows how to run the laces in order to
finish with the lace ends emerging from the middle set of eyelets. I've reproduced this lacing on my own
Riding Boot Lacing page so that you can compare it to the other lacing methods on my web site.
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Shoe Lacing for Problem Feet:
On this page, Wendy Bumgardner presents a few specialised lacing techniques for problem feet.
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Shoe Lacing Article:
In 2002, Burkard Polster published some mathematical research into the huge number of ways of lacing shoes. This
spawned a number of articles, one of the most informative and readable of which is reproduced here on the San
Francisco Chronicle's web site.
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Shoe Lacing Article Re-visited:
The mathematics of shoe lacing (see above) was revisited by Burkard Polster and Marty Ross in their "Maths Masters"
column in The Age newspaper's education section.
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Boot Lacing ASCII Illustrations:
Darxus uses the simple yet effective mode of ASCII art to illustrate a couple of ways of lacing boots.
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Shoelace Knot Links
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The FreedomKnot page:
This page uses some fun graphics and rhymes to demonstrate the "FreedomKnot", another more secure shoelace bow.
I've reproduced this knot on my own
FreedomKnot page so that you can compare it to the other knots on my web site. It's one of the knots on which
my own
Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot is based.
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"Tibetan Trekking" Shoelace Tying Technique:
This page demonstrates the traditional method of tying a "Surgeon's Knot" by passing the loop through a second
time. I've reproduced this knot on my own
Surgeon's Shoelace Knot page so that you can compare it to the other knots on my web site. My own
Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot is a further refinement that forms the identical knot a little more evenly.
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Howard Cheng's knot:
Howard has an unusual shoelace technique that does each bow individually, ending up with a knot that, if subjected
to an accident tug, is likely to remain half tied. It's one of the variations of the
Two Stage Shoelace Knot, which I've reproduced so that you can compare it to the other knots on my web site.
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Greg Smith's shoelace page:
Greg demonstrates the difference between a "Reef Knot" and a "Granny Knot", which gave me the inspiration for my own
Slipping Shoelace Knots page. If you can't follow my explanations, Greg's page could be worth a visit.
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HemiHelp - Alternative / One-Handed Shoe Lacing Methods:
This page shows various techniques of lacing or tying shoes for people with Hemiplegia or other difficulties, as
well as offering some alternatives. My own
One Handed Shoelace Knot is a composite of these and other techniques that I've found in my research.
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Kids Shoelace Tying Links
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Tie Your Shoe:
Whilst my shoelace pages are really more suited to adults, primary school teacher John Rickey's educational site
includes this shoelace tying page for young children, using a cute animated poem and background music to make it
fun and easier to remember.
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Tying Shoes: Collection of Songs and Poems:
This page on the Teachers.net site is great for picking up memorable songs and poems to make the process of
learning shoelace tying easier for young kids. I guess I'll have to develop one for my
Ian Knot!
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Kids Running - Shoelace Mania:
This page on the Kids Running site contains thoughts about shoelaces from both kids and teachers. Fascinating
reading!
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Shoelace Stories and Lyrics
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Shoelaces Parable:
Kevin FitzMaurice's self help site uses an interesting parable about the difficulty of learning a hypothetical
new shoelace knot (and un-learning your old knot) as an analogy for the difficulties you would face changing any
of your life habits. It was fascinating to see how closely his ideas mirrored my own real-life experience when
learning my
Ian Knot.
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Funny Shoelace Story:
This is a cute one-paragraph story about the aftermath of an encounter with a person whose shoelaces constantly
came undone.
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"Inconspicuous Consumption:"
A delightful true story of how a broken shoelace initiated a classroom discussion on whether to repair or replace,
followed by the actual shoelace shopping trip and the resulting trivial $0.51 purchase.
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"Shopping is boring ... unless you have shoelaces":
Also on the shopping theme, this true story observes how a clever parent used shoelaces to keep her young kids
occupied in an otherwise boring supermarket checkout.
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Pink Shoelaces by Dodie Stevens:
"Pink Shoelaces" is a fun song by Dodie Stevens, which made it to #3 in the charts in 1959. This well produced
YouTube video scrolls the lyrics just ahead of the music so that you can sing along with Dodie.
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