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Ditch the Granny Knot to Tie Your Shoes More Efficiently [Knots]
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20 Jan 2010
The difference between shoes tied with a balanced, neat, and self-tightening knot versus those tied with an unbalanced, sloppy, and loose knot, is all in how you make your first loop.
Over at Runner’s World they’ve put together an instructional video to go along with an informative article on the difference between Granny Knots and Reef Knots. Well tied shoes are important to runners, but anyone can benefit from the simple change in knot tying-methodology outlined in the video below:
By simply altering the direction of the first loop you make when tying your shoes you can produce a neater knot that is less prone to coming untied. If the Reef Knot caught your eye, you may want to check out another interesting knot we’ve covered: the “world’s fastest shoelace knot, a.k.a. the Ian Knot. Have a bit of knot tying lore to share? Let’s hear about it in the comments.
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7 Responses to Ditch the Granny Knot to Tie Your Shoes More Efficiently [Knots]
JENMAXALL
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:01 am
OK I have a unusual way of tying children's shoes. I was a teacher at Head Start and after you tie some preschoolers two or more times you get tired of tying shoes. The round shoe laces are the worst at not staying tied. So I would resort to the double knot. After a phone call from a disabled parent who cou ld not untie her child's shoes I decided to come up with a better way of tying the children's shoes. I wrap the lace around twice. It holds very nicely for the round shoe laces or the small round laces on dress shoes that have wax on the laces. The wax wears off after awhile and then they don't stay tied. This works for that, too.
My favorite shoes right now are a pair of brown sued flip flops with a 1.5 inch plat form.
Other related shoe stuff anything past a 13 in mens is hard to find.
Cool video. That's the way my dad ties his shoes. I have seen a man with one hand tie his shoes. That was pretty cool.
xMissJessica
February 10th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I just had this conversation yesterday… Ironic. Haha. I do the wrap-around.
RJ
March 11th, 2010 at 6:52 am
You just tie them with a double knot leaving enough room for you to be able to slip them off on on.
Baby A K
March 12th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
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Suchness
March 21st, 2010 at 6:24 pm
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xenswim1
March 25th, 2010 at 5:33 am
Spray them with a thin layer of hairspray, but not too much! It will make them slightly stickier so they will hold together better and then triple knot them just to be safe
Good luck! xo
Yan C
March 26th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
As others have said, as you walk and move around the knot tends to loosen. Which is not a bad thing if it only loosens enough so that it's easy to undo at the end of the day, but when you have to tie your shoes in double knots two or three times a day it gets frustrating – that's what I had to do with my last pair of shoes.
Obviously a lot depends on the material the shoelaces are made from / coated with. Ideally you want them to be rough enough that the friction is enough to stop the knot undoing on its own. So if you're having problems with this, I'd suggest buying some different shoelaces and seeing if that helps. Try to get some that feel a bit rougher.