Shoelaces have more to them than meets the eye. It can often be a struggle to find the perfect shoelace knot that doesn’t loosen up and gels with your shoes. Different knot styles provide a different range of comfort, function, mobility, simplicity, speed and tightness. Let us look at different shoelace knot style tutorials that are easy to implement and offer you the required variation, making your step count each and every time.
Different Shoelace Knot Style Tutorials
Standard Knot
Also referred to as the ‘bowknot’, this is the most prevalent of all methods of tying shoelaces. Make a loop with the help of one end. Wrap the other end around this loop and finally, pull the initial loop through the ‘hole’ present in the middle part.
Double Knot
Make two different loops from both the ends. Pull the first loop from the bottom of the second loop, and wrap it over the second loop. Three piece suit makes all the men look so tad and gentlemen. It’s hard for women to take their eyes away from the fashionable three-piece suited up men.
Shortcut Knot
This might be the fastest way to tie your shoe laces. Make two loops from both ends and pull them through each other. This forms an instant knot and is a pretty reliant knot. Match your shoes with the latest short outfits for men to look sexy AF.
Double Wrapped Standard Knot
Make the standard shoelace knot as mentioned above. Now run the loop through the middle and wrap it around for a second time. This secures the knot and this knot is pretty each to achieve.
Special Secure Knot
Create two loops and pass them both through the common loop present. This method is symmetrical in nature and hence pretty easy to remember.
Shoemaker’s Knot
Make a double knot as mentioned above. But before pulling the complete knot tightly, pass the loop and the adjacent loop through the middle space for a second time.
Freedom Knot
Construct an ‘O’ shape. Pass a loop through the back part and the front part to hold the knot securely.
Bow Knot
This knot also involves looping the knot around more than once. After looping around twice, pull it through the space thus made and secure it in the form a bow.
Shoe Clerk’s Knot
This method works in making use the extra lace and prevents it from dragging and tangling in your feet. After achieving the standard knot, tie the knot in an overhand fashion with the loops present initially. Be super stylish with your hairstyles just like you are with your shoe knots. These hairstyles are not as complicated as the knots though!
Doubly Secure Knot
Make double sides knots at both the ends of the knot. Bring them closer and pull them towards each other at the same time. This knot is doubly secure because it is very unlikely for both the ends to come off together.
Klet’s Knot
Tie a standard shoelace knot or a special secure knot. After doing this, feed the first loop through the second loop and tighten it up like a noose. This ensures two layers of security and reduces the probability of the shoelaces detaching after some time.
Reef Knot
This is particularly suited for shoelaces that aren’t long enough or if they are broken. This knot does not contain any loops and it the loop-less version of the standard shoelace knot.
Halloween Knot
This knot is perfect when you’re dressing up for the occasion of a Halloween party. It resembles the noose around a man about to be hanged. The knot consists of one side of the shoelace wound tightly around the other. The other side is in the form of a loop. The shoe laces have to be considered in length to achieve this knot.
Single Handed Knot
This knot can be made through the use of a single hand. All it requires is to permanently lace the bottom part of the knot. The other end of the knot must be secured to the bottom end through a standard knot.
Equality Knot
This knot was created for supporting the marriage equality campaign started by Puma in Australia. It takes the shape of the ‘=’ sign at the middle portion of the knot. Make a double standard knot and pull both the loops in a criss-cross manner through each other and tighten the knot.
Now that you’re familiar with different shoelace knot style, it is time to get those shoes out from the rack and try these out! Look cool and rock the street with comforting street style outfits and rocking sports shoes.
