>>mhb+(OP)
It’s somewhat buried in there but I’ve been using the Ianknot for near on 20 years now. It’s just a regular knot but it’s faster to tie than anything else.

The key detail is to not end up with a granny knot. The way you tie your initial overhand knot needs to match so that it sits correctly and doesn’t come untied.

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/grannyknot.htm

>>mhb+(OP)
I switched to the secure knot after finding this site a few years ago https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

It's really excellent, my shoes never come untied and I don't have to double-knot

>>mhb+(OP)
For people who want to give different knots a try, Ian also has a practical book [1]

[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402752016

>>mhb+(OP)
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>>ramida+bb
I'm more of a Surgeon's Knot[0] guy, myself. Just like a "regular" shoelace knot, with one easy-to-remember twist. I don't recall that knot having ever come loose without my intentional untying. Great for ultramarathons when the last thing I want to do after 40 miles is bend over to tie a shoelace. (Especially if I'm wearing Altra shoes, whose laces I'd swear are coated in Teflon and come undone if I look at them too hard.)

[0] https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/surgeonknot.htm

>>mhb+(OP)
Here's a nice short TED talk on tying your shoes right: https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes

It doesn't use the "Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot", but it shows that for the typical way of tying your shoes, there is a "strong form" and a "weak form", and shows you how to tell the difference.

I got lucky and have been tying the strong form my whole life, but it's sorta 50/50 depending on how you learn.

>>mhb+(OP)
I discovered this site two decades or so ago. I used it to teach my then young son—whose name is, appropriately, Ian—how to tie the fast Ian Knot. My spouse, a kindergarten teacher, used it to learn how to tie student's shoes with Ian's Secure Knot which has been very helpful as kid's shoes with conventional knots tend to come untied on the playground.

It is sad to see that Ian is struggling to fund the site: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/support.htm

>>mhb+(OP)
When I wear laced shoes, I tend to lace them like this: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/pics22/Stb120s.jpg

>>mhb+(OP)
A similar vein, a few weeks ago: "Animated Knots"

>>37346115

I will also recycle a comment from there:

> There's a certain kind of sci-fi premise of "what if every intelligent species has something they're particularly good at."

> Naturally, most stories revolve around something impressive (or damning) for humanity like "war" or "kindness", but in the past I've wondered what kind of story one could make if the answer was "knots".

> Perhaps that's a question for mathematicians, and whether some facility for topological knot-thinking might be very handy in some kind of physics or engineering.

>>mhb+(OP)
they have a cool shoe lacing simulator https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/create-a-lace.htm?p=ONKHCB

>>m463+p32
Apparently you are making a "granny knot".

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/grannyknot.htm