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Pentagram Lacing
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This purely decorative lacing forms a pentagram, or five pointed star. Besides the "magical" associations, solid
five pointed stars are found on many flags, most notably the fifty stars on the U.S. flag.
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Method 1 (centred, shorter laces)
Faint sections are underneath
Method 2 (full length, longer laces)
In this photo, the top "rung" has been shifted up one set of eyelets to lengthen the top point.
This photo of Pentagram laced Enties was sent to me by Katharine W. |
Lacing Technique 1 or 2 (upright pentagrams):
1. The lace is run straight across (grey section) and the ends are fed in through the third set of eyelets from
the top. Adjust the ends so that the left (blue) end is quite a bit longer than the right (yellow) end.
2. Both ends are run straight down on the inside to emerge through the bottom "corners" of the pentagram. For a
centred pentagram, skip past one eyelet to emerge through the second lower eyelet down the shoe. For a full
length pentagram, skip past two eyelets to emerge through the third lower eyelet.
3. The left (blue) end forms the bottom "cross" as follows: The end is run diagonally up to the right to again
feed in through the third eyelet from the top on the right side of the shoe, then continues straight down on the
inside to again emerge through the bottom right "corner" of the pentagram, then diagonally up to the left, feeding
a second time into the third eyelet from the top on the left side of the shoe.
4. The left (blue) end now continues to form the top "rung" as follows: The end is run straight up the inside and
emerges through the next eyelet up the shoe, then continues straight across on the outside and is fed in through
the eyelet on the opposite side, then again straight up the inside to emerge through the top right eyelet.
5. With the top "rung" completed, the right (yellow) end is now run diagonally up to the top middle and wrapped
around that rung, then continues diagonally back down and left, feeding a second time in through the eyelet at the
bottom left "corner" of the pentagram.
6. The left (yellow) end then continues all the way up the inside left of the shoe to emerge through the top left
eyelet.
Features:
Decorative look
Loose fit
Harder to tighten
Comparative Length = 135%
Laced area uses more (about +35%)
Longer laces needed (about +17%)
Shortens lace ends (about −32%)
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NOTES:
It may take some experimentation to produce a pentagram with fairly even points, which will depend on the width of
the shoe and the eyelet spacing.
Running the bottom "corners" through the bottom pair of eyelets increases the length of the lower points and shifts
the pentagram further down the shoe. The top "rung" can be also be shifted higher to increase the length of the top
point.
This lacing works best with thinner or flat laces because several eyelets have to accommodate two passes of
shoelace. |
Method 3 (inverted, shorter laces)
Faint sections are underneath
This photo from Jamie E. shows two inverted Pentagrams of different proportions. |
Lacing Technique 3 (inverted pentagram):
1. The lace is run straight across (grey section) and the ends are fed in through the fourth set of eyelets from
the top. Adjust the ends so that the left (blue) end is quite a bit longer than the right (yellow) end.
2. The left (blue) end forms the bottom "rung" as follows: The end is run straight down on the inside and emerges
through the next lower eyelet, then continues straight across on the outside and is fed in through the eyelet on
the opposite side, then straight up the inside and emerges a second time through the fourth eyelet from the top.
3. The left (blue) end now continues to form the upper "cross" as follows: The end is run diagonally up to the left
and is fed in through the second eyelet from the top on the left side of the shoe, then continues straight down on
the inside to again emerge through the fourth eyelet from the top (skip past one eyelet), then diagonally up to the
right and is fed in through the second eyelet from the top on the right side of the shoe.
4. The right (yellow) end is run straight up on the inside, skips past one eyelet and emerges a second time through
the second eyelet from the top on the right side.
5. The right (yellow) end then continues diagonally down to the bottom middle, wraps around the bottom "rung", then
diagonally back up and left, feeding a second time through the second eyelet from the top on the left side.
6. Both ends are run straight up the inside and emerge through the top eyelets.
Comparative Length = 114%
Laced area uses more (about +14%)
Longer laces needed (about +6%)
Shortens lace ends (about −12%)
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NOTE:
An inverted pentagram is used by some people as a Satanic or occultic symbol. Then again, other people may prefer
to lace this way simply because the pentagram appears upright when looking down at their own shoes!
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