How To Tie Your Shoe

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There are many different ways to tie a knot. There are many different ways to use knots to tie a shoe. This tutorial will explain of the most common ways to tie a shoe. It is the standard shoelace knot, also known as the swoop, loop, and pull. To do this you will need only a shoe with a shoelace already strung through it. First make sure both sides of your shoelace are even. Using your right hand pick up the right lace about three-fourths of the way up the lace. Your hand should be closer to the aglet, plastic piece at the end of the shoelace, than to the shoe itself. Using your left hand do the same with the left lace. You should be holding the laces between your thumb and index fingers. Hold up bother sides of the shoelace so that they form a V shape, the shoe should be the bottom part of the V. now switch the left lace to your right hand and your right lace to your left hand. Make sure the left lace is crossed on top or over the right lace. Your hands should still be in the same place as they were for the V but you should be holding the opposite laces. It should create a X shape and you should be able to see the entire part of your left lace being held in your right hand. Using your right hand, which should be holding the left lace, put the left lace by the toe or end of the shoe without moving your left hand. Now, where the two laces cross, there should be a gap between the shoe and where the laces cross over. It should look like and upside down V. Reach through the gap with your right hand and grab the aglet of your left lace that should be near the toe or end of your shoe. Be careful not to undo the cross while sliding your hand through the gap. Now bring the left shoelace, which should now be in your right hang, back through the same gap you put your hand through. Now the shoe laces should be criss-crossed and be on opposite sides of the shoe. Holding the

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