Interesting technique to tie or lace shoes
Checkerboard Lacing
1. Start with two pairs of different colour laces, preferably the wide, flat variety. (I was lucky to receive two such pairs with my last runners!)
2. With one colour (yellow in my example), lace the shoe using either Straight (Fashion) or Straight (Lazy) Lacing.
3. With the other colour (blue in my example), start at the bottom of the shoe and weave the lace in and out of the other lace until you reach the top.
4. Fold around the top lace and head back down, weaving out and in until you reach the bottom.
5. Continue across the shoe until you’re out of room or out of lace, whichever comes first.
6. Tuck all the loose ends of the laces into the shoe
Link & Image: Shoelace Site
Bi-Color Lacing
1. Take two different colour laces, each a tiny bit longer than the correct length for the shoes. (I was lucky to receive two such pairs with my last pair of runners!)
2. Cut them not quite in half, but offset by two or three centimetres. See below for how to calculate the difference in length between the two halves.
3. Tie one shorter piece of one colour (yellow in my example) and one longer piece of the other colour (blue in my example) firmly together and trim off the excess. For extra security, add a dab of glue. Use the remaining pieces to make the bi-colour lace for the other shoe.
4. Pull the longer (blue) end out through the bottom right eyelet, feeding from inside the shoe, until you reach the joining knot.
Segmented Lacing
1. Instead of a single long lace in each shoe, start out with two laces, each around half the length of the original shoelace.
2. The first lace is run straight across the bottom (grey section) and is laced with standard Criss Cross Lacing to about the middle of the shoe.
3. Starting from the next higher set of eyelets, the second lace is similarly laced to the top of the shoe.
4. Each “segment” is then tightened to suit your preference and knotted. For example, tighten the bottom segment more if you have narrow feet, less if you have wide feet.
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