Simply Knot True

I have been incorrectly tying my shoes my whole life. Most of us, especially those who were scouts, learned in our youth a couple of basic knots, the granny and the square. We learned that the square knot generally holds stronger and longer than the granny knot.

After reading this article, I realized that I have been tying my shoe laces with a granny knot pretty much ever since I learned to tie. Was probably taught to do so by my mother (was once accused of also being taught by my mother the art of hygienic cleansing at the completion of the defecation cycle; that's a story for another time).

In order to tie laces in a square knot, I first cross the laces by looping the right lace over the left. I then make a loop with the right side, then cross the left side over it, I then poke the looped-over left side up through the resulting hole and pull it through to the right.

Dress laces in particular have been a problem in the past. For some shoes, I have tied a double knot just to keep my shoes tied. I am finally freed from the inconvenient nuisance of the double knot.

Is this a great country, or what?