Great that you managed to teach yourself, though it's a shame that you fluked the wrong side of the 50:50 odds and ended up with your knot always coming loose. Hopefully you're now set with an amended method.

@@ProfShoelace I always double knot my laces, because they don't stay tied very well if I don't. I just thought that was normal! I guess now it's time to teach myself to flip it the other way when I loop.

Then there will be no more double knotting, no more untying when you *don't* want plus easier untying when you *do* want. Good luck!

You're welcome, I'm glad that you learned one of the knots.

You're welcome, I like to tell the whole story. Great that this has been informative.

I'm happy to have helped you to tie your shoes correctly. Defeating the “Granny Knot” will be life-changing for you! By the way, my website *was* around in 2003 when you would have reached shoe-tying age, although the videos I had back then were much less detailed.

How frequently should one blink?

@@ProfShoelace At the same rate a hummingbird flaps its wings.

Should blink 12 to 15 times per minute. Sitting in front of a computer screen is the worst. A person tends to not blink

the big homie blinked like 5 seconds in

You're welcome, I'm happy to have helped.

That's yet another variation. It does create a different knot, which - as you noticed - does not remain secure.

“Bag and slip” - amazing! I've never heard such an unusual description. (My own instructions are generally pretty boring.)

Hey, you're quite right! In fact, you can feed *either* loop through the middle, but I probably should have taken more care to be consistent. I've probably made my “Two Loop Knot” video wrongly because it uses the reverse of my website's instructions.

@@ProfShoelace if I tie my shoes like in the movie "Two Loop Knot", it ties correctly ?

That's correct. So long as the two loops are *crossed* the correct way, either loop can be fed through the hole in the middle and the shoe will be correctly tied.

It's usually the case that whichever knot you're *not* used to will end up being tied more loosely. Because I'm well practiced in *both* methods, they each end up tight.

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I'm experimenting with your suggestion and *think* I follow what you mean. I think I can do the “fold in”, but can't figure how you can do this one-handed. Fascinating!

@@ProfShoelace thanks. This cant be a unique method???, if you hold the left lace with weight from the shoe, it makes wrapping lace around thumb easier...

After watching *hundreds* of people's shoe tying videos, I've seen maybe a hundred methods that are unique. Yours may be too!

@@ProfShoelace thanks for the reply... I'll take that as a compliment.?! 😀

If you pass *both* loops through the center - one from the front, one from the back - you'll be tying “Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot”. It's a simple extra step that forms a *much* better knot.

For this video, which shows two different techniques, your “Granny Knot” advice only applies to one of them.

You mean the “Ian Knot” near the end of the video? (02:37) That's once again the same finished knot - just using my *really* fast tying technique.

Not sure if you still can - unless you raid my archives! They came from Braidex, a manufacturer here in Melbourne, Australia - who closed down maybe 15 years ago (thanks to cheaper imports). They were made for Aussie brand Waproo. Otherwise, search for 5mm round shoelaces in royal blue

The One Loop Knot is no better or worse than the Two Loop Knot - provided that each of them is tied correctly. I was hoping to show that the Two Loop Knot is commonly tied wrongly as a Granny Knot - but the One Loop Knot can also be tied wrongly. My Granny Knot video "Why Shoelaces Come Undone" delves into this in more detail:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbyRhpmF3OCwk2w.html

@@ProfShoelace thanks

Youre welcome.

No, I'm not left handed. But the fact that we are reversed highlights how complicated this is. It's impossible in a 3-minute-long video to show *every* possible way that people tie shoelaces. Even the basic "Starting Knot" can be tied four different ways: 1. Left end over right end, then wrap around back and through; 2. Left end under right end, then wrap around front and through; 3. Right end over left end, then wrap around back and through; 4. Right end under left end, then wrap around front and through. My point was simply to show that the "One Loop Shoelace Knot" and "Two Loop Shoelace Knot" are equivalent.

Carter and Parker ... wool? I'm confused...

G'day!

I just turned 58.

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This is a basic "comparison" video, not a detailed "how-to" video. Here's my two other videos that show how to tie each of these knots: One Loop Knot: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdWUoNumudiRnWg.html Two Loop Knot: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9qgq9Sq1sfcZIU.html

What are you talking about? His hands are clearly out of the way, his fingers point at the crucial steps, and this is as clear as can be...

An explanation, please?

Congrats! You were both first and last - until someone else commented after you.

Thank you for commenting back to me! Also I’ve never gotten good at the “adult knot”. And now I can do it thank you!

You're most welcome!