Halloween Shoelace Knot

Step 1:

Begin with a regular Left-over-Right Starting Knot.

Step 2:

Make the right (blue) end into a “loop” by simply doubling it back onto itself.

Step 3:

Take the left (yellow) end and lay it alongside the right (blue) loop. Hold this lace and the sides of the loop together as one triple-thickness section of shoelace.

Step 4:

Wrap the left (yellow) loose end once around that triple section of lace, starting from about half way down the loop.

Step 5:

Wrap the left (yellow) loose end once more around, with the second wrap immediately below the first wrap.

Step 6:

Continue winding the loose (yellow) end around until it reaches the bottom. Try to wrap very tightly and snugly against the previous wraps, forming a tight “coil” of lace.

Step 7:

When there is only the tiniest gap remaining at the very bottom, stop winding and feed the loose (yellow) end through the gap. Hold the coil and pull the top of the loop to tighten the knot.

Final Adjustments

The top of the loop (blue) can be used for adjustments. Pulling one side will tighten the bottom of the coil, whereas pulling the other side will adjust the size of the loop and the length of the loose (blue) end.

It may take some experimentation to get the end lengths the same. Alternatively, the coiled (yellow) end can be kept very short so that the end barely protrudes. Again, this requires some experimentation to get it just right.