Do you tie your shoe correctly (see details)?

I don’t tie my shoes. I slip them on. I only learned the left hand tie. Double bows.

Personally, I think he’s a bit off. I’ve never seen a shoe tied like that!

We must have a different definition of correctly”. I tie my shoes easily and simply for me, which is correctly for me.

And frankly, the whole pushing-on-sides-of-the-square-knot thing to loosen only works if the lace is dry and not soft.

I am surprised by the reaction. Surely a square knot is more secure than a granny knot. All that is being suggested is to base a bow on a square knot instead of a granny knot. All you have to do is switch the first knot to being left over right or right over left, depending on how you tie the second knot.

A square knor is less secure than a granny knot, in that its design allows for easier release.
The way I tie my shoelaces doesn’t involve using a granny knot anyway.

LOL NO!

Adults in my life failed to teach me how to do that, so I invented my own way to tie my shoes. (Which is just a simple knot, then another simple knot using folded laces. It works fine, and makes sense to me.)

I think maybe once or twice, with someone doing a hands-on teaching attempt, I accidentally sort of did it the “correct” way. I still do not understand how that is supposed to work.

And now, most of my shoes are slip-ons.

I was taught to tie shoes the “correct way”, and they always untie themselves. So I think the whole thing is rather idiotic.

I think it’s kinda weird to even spend time thinking about it, but here’s another post of yours from 2014:

https://www.fluther.com/169401/how-do-you-tie-your-shoes/

I remember my kindergarten teacher teaching me how ro tie my shoes. I wonder if I do it like a lefty? In the beginning of the video I noticed he puts right over left to do the first step, I do it the opposite, now I’m curious how my husband does it.

I know how to make a square not, but I’m not sure how I’m doing the bow, because I always double not my bow. I’ll check tomorrow and come back to the Q.

I think the point isn’t whether one has tied their shoe correctly, but that they’ve tied both shoes so that the laces remain tied. ;)

Seems what I do is the bow version of the square knot. Will pay attention next time I tie my shoelaces. Incidentally, just got a pair of Skecher’s slip-ins to save time putting sneakers on. Not happy with it. Does slip in easy but not enough foot cushion.

I do it the traditional way and then I take the two loops and tie them into a knot, so I very rarely have an accidentally untied shoe.

I paid attention this time and I do it “wrong.” I’m going to try the square not way and see if the bow holds better without double knotting.

Let us know how it works out.

There is a TED talk on this and since viewing it I have changed the way I tie and it really does seem to be better. It also seem to me that round laces hold a knot better than flat laces.

I’m a fan of the bunny ears method.

I get what they’re suggesting and why. But I appreciate being able to quickly untie my shoe with one pull.