Shoe Threading.
Criss Cross Method and Top Loop Method.
Hi! I am going to show you a couple of styles of shoe threading and how to do it. Now this is a traditional way of having a shoe threaded, where the loops basically criss cross over each other. Now there is another style here where almost the loops go over the top and this can be quite stylish. I am going to show you both methods.
Now, just a note about shoelaces. There are quite lots different types of shoelaces, some are round, some are flat and obviously you have to have the length of shoelace to suit the number of eye holes.
Just a note here, shoes are quite interesting because they do have a toe, they have eyes, they have a toe, they have a heel, they even have a sole.
Just going to pause the video while I actually take the shoelaces out and then I will put them back in and show you how I would do that.
Okay, we are back. I've got the shoelaces out. Well this is -- actually it's quite a good time to give your shoes a polish while your shoelaces are out and you can get underneath here and do the whole tongue area and give your shoes a good polish while your shoelaces are out there.
We are going to do what I call a Criss Cross method, which is in a way the first style. I will show where criss crosses. Take the shoelace. It's a good idea to hold the ends, the tabs of the shoelace, so that's -- sorry about this, but I haven't got much space to show you this close up, so that this shoelace is actually in half and equal.
Start at the bottom tab, thread it, from the top, underneath and through. Keep them pulling until both tabs at the ends, both ends become equal. That is maybe enough for now.
Take it in way, thread it under there, get the flap up, in the bottom hole here, bottom eye hole, thread it, through, underneath and pull out unbound. Don't pull too hard here.
Now get your shoelace even so that the tabs are evenly balanced there and then take one shoelace through the next eye, from underneath, pull it out, again no need to do too tight. Then do the other side. Take underneath, and tab, thread it from underneath, thread it through and pull out.
And the same again, on the next eye hole, from underneath, out, toward the side, same the other side, from underneath, pulling out. And again on the last eye hole, underneath, lift it up, lift the flap up a bit, underneath, and it's out.
And there you see, that is the shoe threaded now as I said, in a Criss Cross method.
Obviously, you probably have your shoe on. This is how to start off tying a shoelace and I am actually going to show you that. Plenty of other videos about that sort of thing. Then you would put it on your foot and pull. Now you might have to pull these loops a bit because sometimes it can get bit tight at the bottom and then you get it up and see how that -- hopefully you can say that it's a bit awkward for me to fill in this. I am very sorry about that.
So hopefully this helps you out and basically even it up and tied like that and then you would form your normal shoe loop. So that is a Criss Cross method.
Now we are going to do what you call a Top Loop method where the loops go over the top. Now this can be a little bit harder.
Taking a shoelace, this time we thread it from the top, underneath, lifting that flap, pull it out. This time you want a shoelace, pull it up here and have enough out here so that you have enough to actually tie the lace. That's a bit of guess work there, bit of estimation. Now I will lift the flap and thread it under and through the top eye hole.
So, it basically goes in the bottom, underneath, now pull it at top. I hope you can see that, but it's coming through the bottom, skipping out all our eye holes and going out through the top eye hole. Then take the path that forms the bottom. Take the end and through the bottom eye hole on the other side, and so, and pull.
Again don't tie too tight and basically, there is our first loop. Now we lift this flap on this side, from there, through the next eye hole. You can either -- I think you can either go either side of this lace here. I think generally I will go over the top of that lace.
I don't think it matters too much anyway. I will basically pull out, or we don't want the loops too tight at this stage. Take it over the top and then open it down through the next eye hole, grab it from underneath I am pulling it out.
And there is another loop and then we have followed the procedure through the next eye hole, underneath, then throw to the other side, over the top, underneath, unbound. And when we get in to this stage, where it's on the last eye hole, we change the procedure slightly because obviously we can't come to the same eye hole as that one. So just take off the flap and where it's coming through, I will put my finger behind that, you might probably see that I get right behind it. Take the end of the lace and poke it underneath and through the top eye hole there.
And basically that is, all the loops formed. This is a bit twisted. These are quite old laces I am using. Now, I need to adjust this now, but remember that when you are pulling this one, now basically it's probably going to pull more on one side than the other and you might want to pull the loops a bit until it's reasonably even.
Put it on your foot and you probably will have to pull the loops from the bottom of it to tighten it up, then eventually tighten, pull on your laces, tighten it up, cross it up whether you start forming a shoelace which you are going to want to show you, but then you would tie shoelace and basically that's the Top Loop-in or what I call a Top Loop method.
It can be very stylish because you don't really see the criss crosses once it's fastened. And if you are going for any jobs or any business meetings, good look with that and best wishes. I will see you later.
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