Post #2652731
2026-05-07 09:21 UTC
One of my shoelaces has stayed for 2 or so years now, the other comes apart every few weeks. It's pretty annoying cause I feel like I'm tying it well enough and I haven't been able to find anything that might be forcefully pulling it apart. But hey maybe I got it right this last time and it'll stick for 2 years
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@Wolf314159@startrek.website 2026-05-07 09:33
It's never to late to relearn a suboptimal skill you thought you knew. I believe I found [this site](https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/knots.htm) several decades after being taught the standard shoe lace knot and a child. That one ALWAYS needed a second knot to keep my laces tied. Now I tie either the [two loop knot "bunny ears"](https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/twoloopknot.htm) or [Ian's Secure Shoelace knot](https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm). Both are balanced so the knots always stays tied and both can be pulled apart and undone with a simple tug at both free ends of the shoelace. Haven't tied my laces the way my parents taught me ever since.