Left Right Lacing

Lacing Technique

• Begin straight across the bottom (grey section). Note the unusual path: Feed the left end out through the bottom-left eyelet. Feed the right end in through the bottom-right eyelet.

• At each eyelet pair, the ends are crossed and fed through the next higher eyelets. The end that was fed out through the current eyelet (blue) is similarly fed out through the next higher eyelet, while the end that was fed in through the current eyelet (yellow) is similarly fed in through the next higher eyelet.

• At the top of the shoe, both ends run under the sides and out through the top eyelets.

Features

Decorative look

Standard functionality

Standard length

Notes

• In order to avoid confusion about whether to feed in or out through eyelets, it may be easier to complete one end at a time, zig-zagging each of them separately all the way up the shoe. Start with the left (blue) end, which always feeds out through each eyelet. Then finish with the right (yellow) end, which always feeds in through each eyelet.

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

Double Helix Lacing

Similar start with one lace emerging and one end feeding in through the bottom eyelets.

Over Under Lacing

Similar lacing with the left half of the lacing done inside-out.

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