Granny Knot Videos
Do your shoelaces sit crooked? Do you retie your shoes several times a day? These are both signs of a Granny Knot. Learn the “one simple trick” for keeping your shoes neatly and securely tied.
The “Granny Knot”
Original “Granny Knot” video, which demonstrates how it sits crooked and comes undone more easily and which shows the simple solution to turn it into a balanced knot that sits straight and stays secure.
Why a “Granny Knot” comes undone
This follow-up video uses a rope to simulate a super close-up of a shoelace and demonstrates how the adjacent contact points within a “Granny Knot” cause it to come undone.
More Granny Knot Pages
Info
Information about the Granny Knot plus the super-simple solution.
Check
Check whether you're tying a Granny Knot via my interactive analyser.
TV Experiment
Granny Knot versus treadmill experiment on a German TV program.
Research Study
Granny Knot vs Reef Knot research study by UC Berkeley.
Celebrities
Gallery of probable Granny Knotting celebs with crooked shoelaces.
Feedback
Excerpts from visitors' e-mails & testimonials about the Granny Knot.
Related Links
Starting Knot
The first stage of tying a regular shoelace knot.
Standard Shoelace Knot
Correctly tied Standard Shoelace Knot, which usually stays tied.
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