Woven Lacing (lug version)

Lacing Technique

• Begin straight across the bottom (grey section) and up through both bottom lugs, with a little slack so that the middle of the horizontal section sits a little higher.

• Both lace ends angle upwards to about the level of the next pair of lugs, forming “empty loops” above before angling back down and crossing each other in the middle of the shoe.

• Both ends continue angling down to the level of the current pair of lugs, looping around the shoelace at that position. On this first pass, they will loop under the bottom straight section, but on subsequent passes they will loop through the empty loops from previous passes.

• Both ends then angle back up and feed up through the next higher set of lugs. Don't pull tight because the slack will be picked up on the next pass.

• Repeat the above steps to create another set of empty loops above, then loop through the loops below, then feed up through the next higher set of lugs.

• Continue weaving up and down between pairs of lugs until the top of the shoe.

• At the top, both lace ends once again pick up the empty loops from the previous pass before meeting in the middle.

Features

Decorative look

Very difficult

Must be kept tied

“Shortens” ends

Notes

Once completed, the woven bits must be carefully adjusted to make them even, then the ends tied with a conventional shoelace knot to hold everything in position. Like Checkerboard Lacing, this method is not really designed to be tightened or loosened, effectively forcing the shoe to be used as a “slip-on”.

Woven Lacing

Same lacing method for shoes with eyelets instead of lugs.