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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. 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, each skipping past one eyelet before emerging through the second
lower eyelet down the shoe. These mark the bottom "corners" of the pentagram.
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 right 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
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