How do you tie your shoe-laces?

[trampledamage]

little miss trampledamage is learning how to tie her own shoe-laces. There's an episode of the Super Why TV show where one of the characters is shown how to tie her laces and it's completely different to how I do it.

So, now I'm wondering - is it a European/American difference?

So, I'm asking - how do you tie your shoe-laces? And if you could say where you're from, that'd be fun.


(the method on the show - two bunny ears, is way easier to explain so little miss trampledamage will be learning that method.)

 

[Canadave]

Loop and through for me. And I'm Canadian (duh).

 

[Michael Chris]

Honestly, I'm not sure what each implies. But I accidentally voted for the first choice!

This is what I do.

 

[trampledamage]

Honestly, I'm not sure what each implies. But I accidentally voted for the first choice!

This is what I do.

I don't know if it is a regional difference, or maybe a generational difference. I just know that I, as a European, do the one bunny ear and loop (nicely described in your link ) but the TV show had two the bunny ears method.

 

[Michael Chris]

Ok, so I mean to vote for the second then! US here.

 

[Mallory]

I do it the second way.

 

[T'Baio]

It's a common joke around my parts that people who tie the two bunny ear method are borderline retarded.

 

[CaptainStoner]

It's a common joke around my parts that people who tie the two bunny ear method are borderline retarded.

One severely retarded person I know can only do the other method. So, your common joke is, well, retarded.

You're all a bunch of dorks. Cool people like myself use velcro.

 

[Small White Car]

I really can't tell the difference between your choices. I'm trying to focus, but I have no clue. The pictures just made things more confusing.

I just tie my shoes. I once tried to think about what I was doing and I FORGOT how to tie my shoes. Only by closing my eyes and clearing my mind was I able to do it again.

So honestly, I really shouldn't be thinking about this at all.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

My parents are both right handed. They made my left handed aunt come over one day and teach me how to tie my shoes.

 

[trampledamage]

My parents are both right handed. They made my left handed aunt come over one day and teach me how to tie my shoes.

Can your parents come over and teach my daughter - I'm left-handed and pretty clumsy, she's right-handed and gets so confused with me attempting to demonstrate!

 

[Space Cowboy]

When I tie my shoes, I use the one loop method. But most of the time, I just pull my shoes off and jam my feet in. Of course, this only applies to my running shoes; when I wear any other type of footwear, I tie them after putting them on and untie them before taking them off.

And now I sound crazy...

 

[BigFoot]

#2, the only one that makes sense to me.

Who did I learn it from? My folks I guess.

 

[RoJoHen]

When I tie my shoes, I use the one loop method. But most of the time, I just pull my shoes off and jam my feet in. Of course, this only applies to my running shoes; when I wear any other type of footwear, I tie them after putting them on and untie them before taking them off.

And now I sound crazy...

^That does sound crazy. It actually sounds like the opposite of what I would do. I like my shoes tight, especially when exercising, so there's no way I could just slip them on. I'd need to untie them and then tie them again to make them as tight as humanly possible.

 

[trampledamage]

It's beginning to look like the two bunny ears method is a new attempt to make it easier for kids to learn.

But thanks to Michael Chris's wonderful shoe-tying web-page link, I feel much more confident teaching my kids

 

[T'Baio]

It's beginning to look like the two bunny ears method is a new attempt to make it easier for kids to learn.

Like I said.

 

[Holdfast]

I can do both easily enough but predominantly use two bunny ears. Seems to knot a bit tighter I find. It's what I learnt first too, so I guess it's more ingrained.

What is glaringly ugly is when people tie their shoelaces so the bows end up aligned vertically rather than lying horizontally over the shoe. If you use the two bunny ears method, you need to reverse the direction of the initial pre-knot, or the bows end up horizontal (you don't need to do this if you use the single bunny ear & loop method of tying).

BTW, anyone interested in the arcana of shoelace-tying could spend hours on this site. True lace-geeks only need apply!

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ Fascinating. I apparently use the One Bunny Ear method; I had no idea there were others.

Of course, at the moment, I have no footwear with laces.

 

[Kestra]

Two bunny ears. It's the same method I use for tying a bow anywhere really.

I don't know who taught me how to tie my shoes, but I distinctly remember getting a failing grade under "has learned how to tie shoes" in kindergarten. I honestly never really mastered it. I wear girly shoes now without laces, and I just never undo the laces on my workout shoes.

 

[backstept]

with shorter laces I tie a square knot
but normally the second