Cascade Lacing

Lacing Technique

• Begin with the shoelace fed through the bottom-left eyelet, with the inner (blue) end much shorter than the outer (yellow) end.

• The inner (blue) end runs all the way up the inside and out through the top-left eyelet.

• The outer (yellow) end runs across on the outside and is peaked towards the right side before feeding into the bottom-right eyelet.

• The right (yellow) end runs straight up the inside and out through the next higher eyelet, then loops under the previously peaked row.

• The right (yellow) end is once again peaked on the right side before continuing across the shoe and into the adjacent eyelet.

• Continue up the shoe, alternately running straight up the inside or across on the outside and looping under the previously peaked row.

• On shoes with an odd number of eyelet pairs, finish with a diagonal segment on the inside to emerge through the top-right eyelet.

Features

Decorative look

Harder to tighten

Laces wear more

“Lengthens” ends

Notes

• To make the loop-unders consistent, take care to alternate the direction in which the lace end is fed under the previously peaked row. Based on the non-flipped diagram:

• After emerging from a right-hand-side eyelet, feed under the right side of the previously peaked row and out at the bottom before continuing over and to the left.
• After emerging from a left-hand-side eyelet, feed over the left side of the previously peaked row and in at the bottom before continuing under and to the right.

• This method is non-symmetrical. Lacing the left and right shoes in reverse (flipped horizontally) results in a symmetrical looking pair.

Cyclone Fence Lacing

Shoelaces similarly looped under previous rows.

Lightning Lacing

Similar appearance using a totally different technique.