flotsam and jetsam

Tie Them Right

maniacalrage:

Tip: Double-knot your shoes

I see people stopping on the street to re-tie their shoes all the time. Not once in the last 15 years have I had to re-tie my shoes. The secret is a simple double-knot. It takes only a moment more and saves you time in the long run.

 There are two ways to tie a knot in a shoelace.  One is a square knot and the other isn’t. When you are done, if the loops (the “bow”) goes across your foot, you’ve tied a square knot.  If the loops want to lay perpendicular to your laces, then you’ve tied a so-called “granny knot.”  The square knot will stay tied all day long, the granny knot won’t.  So instead of tying two knots, you could tie one good one.