First pass in red shows the normal look of Hash Lacing.
Second pass in blue transforms this lacing with a bi-color weave.
Jeff added decorative “Carrick Bends” across the top, then finished off with “Monkey's Fists” for an eye-catching result!
Close-up showing the “across and back” variation for odd numbers of eyelet rows.
For motorcycling, Yannic has the knots positioned towards the outside.
Tall boots really benefit the most from the “quick release” feature.
Brad's variation runs the “captive” horizontal pass through the tongue centering loop.
Close-up showing Brad's “captive” pass through the tongue loop plus his unusual method of anchoring the ends at the bottom.
The gradient creates a particularly interesting effect in the Lattice.
Twelve eyelet loops, which sit vertically and allow the laces to pass through sideways, create a dramatic result.
Two quite different looks with twin bows on one shoe and no bows on the other.
The final crossover has been laced on the outside, partly hiding the horizontal for a neater result.
Fresh PUMA sneakers, fresh Double Lacing, fresh air relaxing on the deck.
The four lace ends are tied together using one big shoelace knot.
Interesting how the blue is dominant on the left and the red is dominant on the right.
Close-up of Yannis' lacing, showing the harmony of the two opposing knots.
The two knots are reversed, giving the result a harmonious balance.
Shows both the wearer's perspective and the viewer's perspective.
Left and right shoes are laced in reverse for mirrored symmetry.
One of this website's earliest contributions of this method, which I found recently in my archives.
Double-pass across the bottom, then the aglets are tucked to anchor the loose ends.
Ends anchored at bottom using tucked aglets instead of stopper knots.
Rick has kept this lacing in consistent use on these limited-edition boots.
Laced for cycling, with the lower section segmented to make the shoe fit more snugly.
Interwoven crossover at top carries through the style to the top eyelets.
Two distinctly different methods on Ryan's Vans – one bi-color, one single-color.
The Pentagram has nicely balanced proportions on these Vans.
Finished with decorative spirals that also hide the ends on the inside.
Eelis' variation was applauded by the inventor of Ukrainian Lacing and has been added to the method's web page.
The bottom row has also been laced, creating a neater look overall.
Interesting side perspective of this lacing method.
This website's first visitor-contributed photo of Lug Straight Bar Lacing.
Nicci spruced up her old skate shoes with repurposed hockey skate laces and some fancy new lacing.
While randomly lacing his shoes, Martin unknowingly replicated Left Right Lacing.
The shoe on the right has the ends laced back down to the bottom and tucked in.
Two knots divide the lacing into three permanent segments.
Plenty of eyelets result in wonderfully long ladders.
Some experimentation resulted in this combo, which eliminated foot aches while skating.
David wore pink in support of Canada's anti-bullying campaign, “Pink Shirt Day”.
This combo allowed easy tightening despite the boots' gusseted tongue. Step 1 shows the Winter Solstice Lacing in the top three rows.
This combo allowed easy tightening despite the boots' gusseted tongue. Step 2 shows the ends fed through the Lace Locks.
This combo allowed easy tightening despite the boots' gusseted tongue. Step 3 shows the Lace Locks in action after tying.
More noticeable use of the tongue centering loop.
Nice subtle use of the tongue centering loop.
Reflective, black-bordered shoelaces really highlight this lacing's unusual path.
Shows the similarity with and without the overlapping crossovers.
Clearly shows the path through an odd number of rows of eyelets.
Jo visited this website to find a cool lacing for her groovy new skates.
Running backwards through each lug creates an interesting looping effect.
Beginning straight across the middle, and with “Under” crossovers at both top and bottom, results in the look of
Hash Lacing with good heel grip + easy tightening.
Last of five different lacing methods on Guy's shoes. One shoe is tied with an
Ian Knot, the other with an
Ian's Secure Knot.
Fourth of five different lacing methods on Guy's shoes. Finished off with
Ian's Secure Knots.
Third of five different lacing methods on Guy's shoes.
Second of five different lacing methods on Guy's shoes.
First of five different lacing methods on Guy's shoes.
This lacing is well suited to Docs with their fairly narrow gap down the middle.
Chris has once again used a single knotted row at the top of the boot.
Close-up of Chris' Supernova-laced left boot with a single knotted row.
Close-up of Chris' Pentagram-laced right boot with a single knotted row.
Chris has used a single knotted row between the last row of eyelets and the first row of lugs.
Making use of the lug at bottom-center eliminates the usual horizontal starting segment.
Under blacklight, the fluorescent shoelaces really stand out.
The gap solved the problem of the shoelaces being slightly too short.
Will's custom color scheme reminds him of the Auroras he saw in Iceland.
Side angle of Sinan's Zipper-laced sneakers.
Wide, flat shoelaces carefully formed into very neat, dense zippers.
Originally laced for a Halloween costume, these will continue to be worn minus the popmpoms.
Great photo of this method that clearly shows the path of the lacing.
The bottom joining knots are hidden behind the metal “AF1” deubrés.
Utilitarian lacing for the work boots and decorative lacing for the casual boots.
Close-up of these Nike's shoelaces, on which “SHOELACES” is printed in orange.
Plenty of hashes thanks to these sneakers having ten rows of eyelets.
Arto re-laced these sneakers to consume excess shoelace length after the laces stretched.
Nicely executed lacing, plus the photo also shows how the doubled ends emerge from the top eyelets.
Close-up of the previous photo of Kevin's dress shoes.
The same lacing on another of Kevin's dress shoes, this time with three rows of eyelets.
Close-up of the previous photo of Kevin's dress shoes.
Kevin was very satisfied with the “super clean look” thanks to the hidden knots.
This adaptation allows the knots and loose ends to sit towards the outside.
After the accidental purchase of super long laces and then Googling “boot lacing”, this was the spectacular result.
The look of Bow Tie Lacing with a top diagonal section instead of a bottom straight section.
Wide shoelaces form very solid waffle patterns.
Close-up of Rob's lacing combination.
Ends are run down the sides as “borders”, plus every odd row has an individual white elastic segment.
Tucking in the ends avoids the odd-eyelet-pair limitation.
Eight shoelaces (four per shoe) result in two unique quad-colored Dense Checkerboards.
Groovy multi-colored sneakers deserve more than one color shoelace. How about six colors!
Two colors per shoe result in bi-colored “webs”.
The lacing is nicely mirrored on the two shoes for a balanced effect.
This lacing kept Manuel's boots very tight while hiking.
Last of three photos from Ian of this historic lacing method.
Second of three photos from Ian of this historic lacing method.
First visitor-contributed photo of this recently-added, historic lacing method.
Stylish look for Judy's expensive new sneakers.
Jenny has tweaked the overlaps for a more “woven” look with rotational symmetry.
Nicely adapted for five pairs of eyelets, with the two hexagrams also mirrored for symmetry.
Finished off with a couple of straight bars across the top.
Shoes are tied off with
Ian Knots, which Arto – a medical student – also uses on surgical masks.
Six-eyelet-pair Docs exactly fit two asterisks per boot.
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