How to tie shoelaces on sneakers?

Show me your shoelaces and I will understand the level of your creativity! Mathematicians, with their characteristic scrupulousness, calculated: there are 4 million ways to tie shoelaces on sneakers or gym shoes. The usual zigzag on sneakers has not surprised anyone for a long time. Complex patterns and drawings are an opportunity to express your individuality, draw attention to shoes and even make them more attractive. And the combined colors will become an additional detail of your image. Is it interesting to see at least some of the most interesting options? Then to you here! In this article we will look at a lot of methods from which you can choose for yourself some of the most suitable options for the style and alternate them, surprising your friends with their skills and sense of taste.

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Simplified options

In order to master this art, we offer first a few simple methods. You can try these patterns on any shoe, but the easiest way is to train on soft sneakers or sneakers.

Outdoor

A little more complicated option than the usual “crosswise”. It differs from the “classic” in that the braid is passed inside.

Important! The bonus of this method is the long preservation of their shape and purity.

Outside lacing pattern:

1. In the first row of eyelets, insert the laces in the sneakers.
2. Cross from the inside and run the ends through the next pair of eyelets.
3. Cross again - already outside the boot, insert into the holes outside.
4. In this way, lace up all the holes in the shoe.

Butterfly

The design scheme for ties on sneakers will look like this:

1. The beginning is the same as in the external version. Without crossing, thread the ends into the next rings on the same side, pull out the edges.
2. Cross outside.
3. Insert into the following holes.
4. Repeat until the ankles of the boot.
5. Tie a knot or hide the laces in sneakers.

Important! This is a great option for flat athletic shoes.

Ladder

In this case, you will not need any extra complicated actions, and the result will definitely be pleasant:

1. Insert the braid on top of the first row of eyelets.
2. Pull one end into the opposite hole and put it into the hole on the other side.
3. The second end, having missed one ring, is taken into the opposite hole.
4. Repeat until the last level - until you can tie the laces on the sneakers at a height convenient for you.

Important! This method is suitable for both high and classic models of sports shoes, because it looks strictly, but unusual.

Double helix

The order of work to give the strings in the end this form:

1. Draw the end into one hole.
2. Pass the inner edge into the second eyelet of the same level.
3. Pass the outer edge through the opposite hole of the next row.
4. Repeat to the top of the shoe.
5. At the end, you can tie or hide the laces in sneakers.

Important! This is a very tight option, but the double helix is ​​easy to loosen and tighten. It will look even more interesting if you lace up a pair of mirrors.

Direct hidden

In this case, the main condition is an even number of rows of grommets in shoes, and we act with them like this:

1. Insert the lace from the outside into the first pair of holes.
2. Leave one end into the next eyelet on the same side, thread into the second hole of this level.
3. Bring the second end to the third row without crossing.
4. To tie a knot.

Important! This method looks very unusual, since there are no internal constrictions.At the same time, the shoes are fixed on the foot very tightly.

Hidden Knot Direct

Almost the same hidden, but without an external node:

1. Start the same way as in the previous version, with one end should be longer than the second.
2. Pass through the grommets according to the scheme of hidden lacing.
3. Both ends will be on one side of the boot. Tie them in a secret knot on top, and you're done!

Simple direct:

1. Insert the laces outside.
2. Pass one edge into the last hole.
3. Insert the second into the next grommet, without changing the side and without making a cross, thread into the opposite ring.
4. Repeat to the top of the shoe.

As you can see, you already have several very simple, but effective in the end result, methods of tying shoelaces. Moreover, they can be used not only on sports shoes, but also on any other.

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Custom ways

And now the options are more complicated for those who are really ready to express their creativity in shoes. How to tie shoelaces in boots in an original and beautiful way - methods for advanced and modern people are already ready. Hurry to get acquainted with step-by-step master classes!

Double reverse:

1. Insert the tie into the penultimate eyelets from the outside.
2. Cross the edges, push into the holes of the other side, skipping one level.
3. Repeat to the last row, cross again and pass into the hole a level higher, bring to the upper holes.
4. Start under the cross line.
5. Draw the edges through the opposite eyelets.

Lightning

The method of maximum fixation of the legs in shoes came from sports - this is how skates are tied. Please note that this format is difficult to loosen - you will have to fix it immediately on the foot:

1. We start from the inside.
2. Cross the edges.
3. Pass the edges into the following levels of the eyelet from the inside out.
4. Fasten to a knot.

Spider web

It looks gorgeous on any shoe, especially with wide ties. Therefore, if you have such models available, definitely look at this method of tying shoelaces on sneakers:

1. Make a tie in the first row of eyelets from the inside out.
2. Draw the edges outside by skipping two rows of holes.
3. In the same row, return to the place of the first free hole.
4. Lace up this way to the end.

Short flight of stairs crosswise

Make sure that there is no limit to the imagination of designers by considering this method:

1. We start from the inside with the first row of holes.
2. Thread into rings without crossing.
3. Cross the edges, pass through the segment between the grommets, insert into the holes on the same side.
4. Lace up to the end.

Important! This method is best suited for high shoes with a large number of eyelets.

Rhombic

A rhombus can be performed with either a regular or a secret node:

1. Insert the laces from the inside.
2. Lead ends into opposite eyelets, skipping two rows.
3. Without changing the row, go back down a row, skip the ends out.
4. At the top, you can bring the edges out and tie it into a regular knot, or you can take it inside, securing it with a secret knot.

Important! This method can be varied - the pattern will depend on the order of the cross.

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Lacing for the most daring

A few more original ways to decorate your shoes. These stylized methods will accurately transform even the most ordinary sneakers and arouse interest in your shoes.

European method

Shoes look very neat and stylish. This method is worth trying on classic shoes and “oxfords”:

1. We start according to the classical scheme.
2. We take the right side from the inside to the next row of holes on the opposite side, then from the outside we lead into the opposite hole at the same level.
3. From the inside, bring the opposite side into the grommet, skipping one row.
4. On the left side, we do the same thing, skipping one level of holes.
5. According to this scheme, bring the line to the end and hide the laces.

Chess board

One of the most difficult and effective combinations for daredevils. For this scheme, we need two sets of ties. You can choose contrasting colors to tie laces on sneakers:

1. We start the first level outside.
2. We bring the right edge to the next grommet, without changing the side.
3. From the outside, we wind the same end into a hole on the other side.
4. With the left edge we repeat the same, skipping one row of holes.
5. Repeat to the top row of rings.
6. Bring the second lace inside the cross lines of the first and weave it with a basket: one level of the first lace remains inside, the second - outside.
7. Bring the second end up and twist with the edges of the first.

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Useful Tips

Remember that the beauty of the design of your shoe depends largely on how correctly the laces to it are chosen. And here, to make it easier and easier for you to show your imagination in the design of ties, consider these tips:

• Natural materials - leather, cotton, jute, are suitable for the classic style. But synthetic products of the most incredible colors will, of course, not be so durable, but they look very modern and effective with an informal or free sports style.
• The length of the products is selected based on the number of holes. There are recommendations from experts. For example, for 2-3 pairs of eyelets, a length of about 45 cm is suitable, and for 16-19 pairs, a lace up to 250 cm is needed.

Important! The color of the laces can be selected not only in the tone of the shoe itself or on the basis of contrast, but also in the color of other accessories in clothes - a scarf, belt, gloves, headgear, bag.

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All these methods can be applied both to sports shoes, and to classic boots, and gym shoes. For fans of shocking, we recommend trying multi-colored or wide shoelaces. In any case, remember: you still have almost 4 million ways to show your originality. Do not be afraid to experiment, and you will find “your” methods that you will cope with in a couple of seconds, changing the image every day.