My small shoelace epiphany

I don't know how is it with you but tying my shoelaces was always a little bit of a problem to me. It's not that I did not manage to do it; it's just that the shoelaces kept coming undone.

Well, today I hit upon Ian W. Fieggen's website and within minutes I dug it all. I first tried the Freedom Knot which brought me to this site - it worked but was a bit slow. Then I tried and Ian's own Secure Shoelace Knot and got hooked. So simple, so fast, so secure.

So if any of you share a similar problem or just want to learn more on the subject - head off to Ian's shoelace knots site. I also liked the explanation of what goes wrong in the Slipping shoelace knots page.

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