The SHOE LACING Art

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Everybody knows how to lace a shoe. There is a conventional or common way of doing that. But shoe lacing can be made different and more attractive.

There is a saying that "Personality of aperson can be determined by just noticing what he wears on his legs" or "Personality of a person is reflected on his shoes. What happens if you are wearing a nice branded shoe, a costly one and doesnt look attractive. Then there is a solution for that try a different and attractive mode of shoe-lacing.

Some of the shoe-lacing methods are listed below:

a. CHECKER BOARD TYPE

Some of the shoe-lacing methods are listed below:

the figure on left shows a particular type called checker board shoe-lacing.

These diagrams are all drawn as though looking from the front of the shoe, such that the lower part of the lacing is at the bottom of the diagram, and are colour-coded to make it easier to follow where the lace runs. Generally, the start of the lacing is grey, whilst the lace end that starts on the left side is blue and the end that starts on the right side is yellow. For colour-blind visitors, Blue=Dark=Left, Yellow=Light=Right.

 

 

 

 

 

b. LOOP BACK SHOE LACING TYPE

Each side loops back on itself down the middle, rather like when two springs become intertwined. However, those loop-backs tend to shift off-centre.

 

Lacing Technique:
1. The lace is run straight across the bottom (grey section) and emerges through both bottom eyelets.

2. The left (blue) end is spiralled up the left side of the shoe, with the end fed under and emerging from each eyelet.

3. The right (yellow) lace is spiralled up the right side of the shoe, at each eyelet looping through the left (blue) lace in the middle of the shoe before feeding under and emerging from the next eyelet.

 

 

 

c. LADDER LACING METHOD

This distinctive lacing, which looks just like a ladder, is also useful for "shortening" long lace ends. U.S. paratroopers and ceremonial guard units wear jump boots with white ladder lacing.

Lacing Technique:
1. The lace is run straight across the bottom (grey section) and emerges through both bottom eyelets.

2. The laces then go straight up and are fed into the next set of eyelets up the shoe.

3. The ends are crossed over and are fed under the vertical lace section on the opposite sides of the shoe before going straight up and into the next set of eyelets up the shoe.

4. At the top set of eyelets, the laces can once again cross over and pass under the straight section as shown. This not only looks consistent with the rest of the lacing but (as pointed out by Kyle B. in U.S.A.) this also forms a High Lace Lock, which tightens the lacing even more firmly.

 

It's good to change with the changing world, So try a different method of Shoe-Lacing which makes you more sexy and attractive. some methods are given below , its simple to do it, remove your shoe lace and continue lacing it as it is shown below. The two colours indicate each half of the same Shoe-lace.

The most comprehensive free resource of shoe lacing information on the Internet is available at: www.shoe-lacing.com

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