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More To Shoe Laces Rather Than Tying A Bow

At the age of four or five, children focus more of their mental energy on shoe and tried hard to tying thereof. Then they tried it number of times and consequently their confidence increases. Shortly they drop everything what all the fuss was about and enter into the world of mechanic which is far bigger and better, like bicycles. After that very few will ever a pay attention on shoe lace again. Whenever they purchase shoes then they may re lace shoes. But this time they do it automatically in-spite of setting their mind to form ,function and usability.

Most of the people thoughtful about shoes laces , their diversity and its usefulness outside of the shoe. Sometimes it may about aesthetics of tying laces or few other lacing tactics. Obviously it's not at all a science, but it is somewhere close to it. Did you know the fact that  on an average it is feasible to tie a lace with 6 pairs of eyelets in 2 trillion ways? In a shoelace site, Ian Fieggen mentioned few sensible constraints such as -


  • Shoe lace must move across each eyelet once.
  • Every eyelet must be helpful to pull shoe lace together.
  • The design formed through shoe lace must be stable.
  • The shoe laces shouldn't be hard to stretch or loosen.
  • Last but not least the result must be visually pleasing.
He quote Polster's computation which keep the number of practical lacing methods at 43,000. While Fieggen includes 33  on his website. He also mentioned some shoe lace comparison, its rating and some interesting new stories of shoe laces.

As per Fieggen's site few most popular techniques consist of – 
O Zipper lacing - It usually  seems like a giant zip when everything get tied up. This process carry shoe laces strongly in a place and perfect for lacing skates. A major disadvantage is that they are difficult to tighten, but they can easily make up for it elegantly. Their rating goes around 4.4 stars with 11.8 votes per week.

O Straight Lacing – It is linear bar lacing which made simple, whose one end runs from the bottom to the top while another end cross all of the eyelets. This method is quiet simple and easy and can be used for shoes with even pair of eyelets. The major drawback of this process is that it ends shift which further results in uneven lengths on any side. The rating of this method is 4.5 stars with 23.8 votes per week.

O Lattice Lacing – It can be well used with wide gap like as boots and sneakers and usually available in two variations : one for short laces and other for long laces. It is widely used  for decorations and it is hard to get tighten. The rating of this method is 4.6 stars with 24.2 votes per week.

Criss Cross – This is the most common method which is also named as zig-zag or traditional method. It is quite simple, in this method your laces criss cross their way up your shoe until you tie them in a neat bow at the top. The rating of this method is 3.7 and get 8.7 votes per week.

Fieggan mentioned not only lacing techniques but also shoe laces related issues. If you faces untidy bows then he will help you in knowing how to neaten them. In case your knots keep coming undone he describe procedure to maintain them tight.

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