All my life, I was tying the knot “wrong side up”, so it was untying. I was checking out a videonon how to tie high boots the easiest way, and the problem was mentioned. Now nothing ever happens to them.
It’s hard to explain in details, so here’s a quick check if your shoes are untying themselves. When you start tying, you hold two loops in your hands and cross them, putting one above the other, right? Well, this time, put them the other way around (left on right if it was right on left), and finish the same way you always did it.
You will immediately feel that the knot is not slipping. This is because you also do the first simple knot in a certain way, and first and the main knot has to be different relative to each other
i managed the opposite. had no problem tying my shoes, then watched a video because i wasn’t sure i was doing it like everyone else, and that made me lose the ability to tie my shoes for a few years. had to sit down and really think through the steps to get it back.
All my life, I was tying the knot “wrong side up”, so it was untying. I was checking out a videonon how to tie high boots the easiest way, and the problem was mentioned. Now nothing ever happens to them.
It’s hard to explain in details, so here’s a quick check if your shoes are untying themselves. When you start tying, you hold two loops in your hands and cross them, putting one above the other, right? Well, this time, put them the other way around (left on right if it was right on left), and finish the same way you always did it.
You will immediately feel that the knot is not slipping. This is because you also do the first simple knot in a certain way, and first and the main knot has to be different relative to each other
Those motherfuckers never told me.
It’s the difference between a square knot and a calf knot. Here they are (without the extra loops, they just allow for easy untying)
Squar knot, good
Granny knot, bad
ah, so the first plus the second knot are forming one of those two you linked to?
i managed the opposite. had no problem tying my shoes, then watched a video because i wasn’t sure i was doing it like everyone else, and that made me lose the ability to tie my shoes for a few years. had to sit down and really think through the steps to get it back.