How to Tie Shoes

By eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor

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If you've mastered the Internet, it's safe to assume that you've mastered your shoe-tying skills. But here's how to explain the task to your kids.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Hold one end of each shoelace in each hand.
Step2
Cross them, making an X.
Step3
Pass one end of the shoelace under the other.
Step4
Pull tight.
Step5
Fold one shoelace in half while holding laces taut.
Step6
Wrap the other end around the folded end.
Step7
Grasp it in the middle after pulling it around the folded end.
Step8
Bend it into a flat loop and pull through, making a bow.
Step9
Repeat with other shoe.

Tips & Warnings

  • To make a double knot, wrap one loop over the other and pull through.
  • Riding a bicycle with untied shoes can be disastrous.

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on 8/10/2008 Id rather tie two knots.

Cobbler

Cobbler said

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on 4/28/2008 Here's a great way to keep the laces tied and yet make them easy to untie when you want.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1015661/never_slip_shoe_knot/

Cobbler

Cobbler said

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on 4/28/2008 Heres a great way to keep the knot tied and yet make it easy to untie when you want to.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1015661/never_slip_shoe_knot/

Anonymous

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on 12/16/2005 Be sure that you are tying a square knot and not a granny knot.
A granny knot will come loose. About 40% of the population unwittingly makes this knot. A square knot will stay tight and won't require making a double knot. To tell if you are square or granny pull out the loops of your bow. A square knot will be right over left/left over right or vise versa.

Also the bows of a square knot lay across the shoe, and the granny will try to be in line with the shoe.

To correct this problem reverse the direction you do the first half of your knot. Tie your bow the way you normally do. Try it!

Anonymous

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on 11/22/2005 I don't know one American citizen who has never encountered tying a shoe. Sooner or later in life it must be done. A tip I have for you is when you tie your shoe, double knot it so it does not come undone and you don't trip. Also, it is very annoying to be tying your shoe every 5 minutes. So just save yourself the trouble and double knot your shoe. You do this by crossing the bows and tucking under the loop and pulling it through and then pulling it taut.

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