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Loop Back Lacing
Each side loops back on itself down the middle, rather like when two springs become intertwined. However, those loop-backs tend to shift off-centre.
Loop Back Lacing diagram
Loop Back Lacing picture 1
Laces (Ian's Book) laced with Loop Back Lacing
The cover of my book, Laces, came pre-laced with Loop Back Lacing!

Loop Back Lacing picture 2
Piotrek R used multiple lace colors and deliberately shifted the loop-backs off-centre to create this angled effect.
Lacing Technique:
1. The lace is run straight across the bottom (grey section) and emerges through both bottom eyelets.

2. The left (blue) end is spiralled up the left side of the shoe, with the end fed under and emerging from each eyelet.

3. The right (yellow) lace is spiralled up the right side of the shoe, at each eyelet looping through the left (blue) lace in the middle of the shoe before feeding under and emerging from the next eyelet.


Features:
Decorative look
Laces wear more
Centreline shifts

Comparative Length = 104%
Laced area uses more (about +4%)
Longer laces needed (about +2%)
Shortens lace ends (about −4%)
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Using This Lacing:
Loop Back lacing looks best on shoes with thick laces, especially light colored laces on dark colored shoes. These accentuate the fact that the laces loop back on themselves rather than simply crossing over each other.


Variations:
When combined with Half & Half Lacing, the result is a different color on each side of the shoe. Note that the division doesn't have to run neatly down the middle of the shoe. It can instead be run at an angle, as demonstrated at bottom-left.


Recent Photos (sent by site visitors)
White Nike sneakers with multi-colored trim and blue & cyan combination of Loop Back Lacing and Lattice Lacing - Click to enlarge Black Globe skate shoes with grey trim and red & black combination of Pentagram Lacing and Loop Back Lacing - Click to enlarge Black hi-tops with white & gold trim and white combination of Pentagram Lacing and Loop Back Lacing - Click to enlarge Brown Converse Star Players with white & tartan trim and brown & yellow combination of Knotted Lacing and Loop Back Lacing - Click to enlarge Black Nike sneakers with orange & white trim and orange & white combination of Double Lacing and Double Helix Lacing and Loop Back Lacing - Click to enlarge Black & white Puma sneakers with red & white combination of Half & Half Lacing and Loop Back Lacing - 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
Lug Loop Back Lacing Lug Loop Back Lacing
Same lacing method for shoes with lugs instead of eyelets.
Twistie Lacing Twistie Lacing
Similar method with the laces given a full twist instead of a half twist.

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This page last updated: 19-Jan-2012. Copyright © 2005-2012 by Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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