Angled Checker Lacing

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Lacing Technique – 8 pairs of eyelets

• Start with two different colored shoelaces, preferably flat but not too wide.

• Feed one shoelace (purple) into the bottom left eyelet. Feed half way through so that the two loose ends are of equal length. From this point onwards, those two halves are held together flatly as though they are one double-thickness shoelace.

• Feed the second shoelace (orange) into the bottom-right eyelet, again feeding half way through and again holding the two halves together flatly.

• Cross the two double-thickness shoelaces, then feed under the sides and out through the next higher set of eyelets.

• Run the left (orange) ends diagonally upwards on the outside and feed in through the third higher eyelet up the shoe (skip past two rows).

• Run the ends straight up the inside and emerge through the next higher eyelet.

• Run the ends diagonally downwards on the outside and feed in through the third lower eyelet down the shoe (skip past two rows).

• Run the ends straight up the inside and emerge through the next higher eyelet.

• Run the ends diagonally upwards on the outside and feed in through the second-from-top eyelet.

• Hold together both halves of the right (purple) shoelace and repeat the above steps in reverse to follow a mirror-image path of the left (orange) shoelace.

• At each intersection, ensure that one half of the right (purple) shoelace weaves over and under the intersecting left (orange) segments while the other half weaves under and over.

• With the checkered section completed, cross the two double-thickness shoelaces once again, then feed under the sides and out through the top eyelets.

• At the top of the shoe, once again hold the two half-shoelaces at each side together as though they are one double-thickness shoelace and use them to tie your Shoelace Knot.

Lacing Technique – 7 pairs of eyelets

• Start with two different colored shoelaces, preferably flat but not too wide.

• Feed one shoelace (purple) into the bottom left eyelet. Feed half way through so that the two loose ends are of equal length. From this point onwards, those two halves are held together flatly as though they are one double-thickness shoelace.

• Feed the second shoelace (orange) into the bottom-right eyelet, again feeding half way through and again holding the two halves together flatly.

• Run the left (purple) ends diagonally upwards on the outside and feed in through the third higher eyelet up the shoe (skip past two rows).

• Run the ends straight up the inside and emerge through the next higher eyelet.

• Run the ends diagonally downwards on the outside and feed in through the third lower eyelet down the shoe (skip past two rows).

• Run the ends straight up the inside and emerge through the next higher eyelet.

• Run the ends diagonally upwards on the outside and feed in through the second-from-top eyelet.

• Hold together both halves of the right (orange) shoelace and repeat the above steps in reverse to follow a mirror-image path of the left (purple) shoelace.

• At each intersection, ensure that one half of the right (orange) shoelace weaves over and under the intersecting left (purple) segments while the other half weaves under and over.

• With the checkered section completed, cross the two double-thickness shoelaces, then feed under the sides and out through the top eyelets.

• At the top of the shoe, once again hold the two half-shoelaces at each side together as though they are one double-thickness shoelace and use them to tie your Shoelace Knot.

Lacing Technique – 6 pairs of eyelets

• Start with two different colored shoelaces, preferably flat but not too wide.

• Feed one shoelace (purple) into the bottom left eyelet. Feed half way through so that the two loose ends are of equal length. From this point onwards, those two halves are held together flatly as though they are one double-thickness shoelace.

• Feed the second shoelace (orange) into the bottom-right eyelet, again feeding half way through and again holding the two halves together flatly.

• Run the left (purple) ends diagonally upwards on the outside and feed in through the third higher eyelet up the shoe (skip past two rows).

• Run the ends straight up the inside and emerge through the next higher eyelet.

• Run the ends diagonally downwards on the outside and feed in through the third lower eyelet down the shoe (skip past two rows).

• Run the ends straight up the inside and emerge through the next higher eyelet.

• Run the ends diagonally upwards on the outside, then feed under the right side and out through the top-right eyelet.

• Hold together both halves of the right (orange) shoelace and repeat the above steps in reverse to follow a mirror-image path of the left (purple) shoelace.

• At each intersection, ensure that one half of the right (orange) shoelace weaves over and under the intersecting left (purple) segments while the other half weaves under and over.

• At the top of the shoe, once again hold the two half-shoelaces at each side together as though they are one double-thickness shoelace and use them to tie your Shoelace Knot.