Show threadCharl P. BothaJun 19
Ok ok since so many of you¹ have been asking, I finally started tying my #shoelaces with a reef #knot instead of a granny knot, and it is in fact a giant improvement! See youtube.com/shorts/q05M4... Footnotes ---------- ¹ Absolutely nobody

Reef Knot vs Granny Knot #TheR...
Reef Knot vs Granny Knot #TheRunnies #ReefKnot #GrannyKnot #HowTo

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@OmJun 17

laces first, then pan...

#untying #shoelaces #bird #stealing #pan #animatedgif

@Om*Jun 17

laces first, then pan...

#untying #shoelaces #bird #stealing #pan #animatedgif

@Om*Jun 17
laces first, then pan...

#untying #shoelaces #bird #stealing #pan #animatedgif
Beanface42Jun 15
Que voilà une perle de site internet !!!
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Now that’s a gem of a website !!!

www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm

via kottke.org
#smolweb #NoAI #Useful #Shoelaces #NoVelcro
Introduction

If you want to lace shoes, tie shoes or learn about shoelaces, “Ian's Shoelace Site” is the place!

Ian's Shoelace Site
Hacker NewsJun 4

Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

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

#HackerNews #Secure #Shoelace #Knot #shoelaces #knotting #techniques #DIY #footwear #innovation

Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

Tutorial for tying the Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot, in which the laces are formed into two loops, both of which are passed through the “hole” in the middle.

Ian's Shoelace Site
Rob🫟Apr 4

Continuing my crawl around the web, to find those great little sites

Ian's Shoelace Site
https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm

#Websites #OriginalWeb #Shoelaces

Introduction

If you want to lace shoes, tie shoes or learn about shoelaces, “Ian's Shoelace Site” is the place!

Ian's Shoelace Site
Flipboard Science DeskJan 22

Ugh, everything is falling apart and now apparently we don't tie our shoelaces correctly? Here's a story from @Gizmodo about the Berlutti knot and Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot, which are apparently far less likely to come undone than conventional ones.

https://flip.it/7s.69f

#Science #Engineering #Shoes #Lifestyle #Shoelaces

Are You Tying Your Shoelaces Wrong?

And will it matter when everything comes crashing down?

Gizmodo
Paul FenwickOct 26, 2025

This is a ridiculously domain specific question, but does anyone know the Ashley Book Of Knots number for the Berluti shoelace knot?

Edit: #1216, thanks @michael !

https://oldinternet.net/@michael/115442876622789404

#knots #shoelaces #ABoK

Michael McClimon (@[email protected])

@[email protected] #1216, according to https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/berluti-knot.htm!

Old Internet
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 22, 2025
🧶💔 Another day, another groundbreaking revelation: measuring knots isn’t as straightforward as tying your shoelaces—who would’ve guessed? 🤯 Meanwhile, Quanta's editorial #independence is as hopelessly entangled as those pesky knots they can't measure. 📚🙄
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-simple-way-to-measure-knots-has-come-unraveled-20250922/ #measuringknots #QuantaEditorial #groundbreakingrevelation #shoelaces #tangledstories #HackerNews #ngated
A Simple Way To Measure Knots Has Come Unraveled | Quanta Magazine

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question — how hard is it to untie a knot? — has a complicated answer.

Quanta Magazine