Shnurovki sneakers with 5 holes. Types and methods of lacing

"He does not train sneakers, he trains laces, so that the original lacing is knotted and kept his shoe very firmly on his feet."

It is possible to loudly prove that such devices as "Velcro", fastener and "zipper" displace all other retainers for shoes, but this will be a strong exaggeration. Sneakers of sneakers with 5 holes (as, indeed, with any other number of holes) can not be replaced by anything else.

The saga of faithful cords

It can not be said that the ropes that fasten the shoes are an invention of the present day. Since ancient times, the sole was kept on the leg with leather straps or twine. Let's remember Roman and Greek sandals, Indian moccasins or Russian bast shoes. Today, these are braided ropes of string with densened tips. The ways of lacing can depend on the cross-section (round or flat), from the purpose of shoes (sneakers, shoes, boots, boots), from the material of the production of threads (cotton, silk or synthetics).

If you look a little deeper into the history, you can find out that since the 13th century people have used rope adaptations in clothes and shoes. And they made them from a variety of materials. They were, for example:

• Bast and cotton;
• Jute and hemp;
• Silk and wool.

For the convenience and preservation of the ropes from the fraying, a soft metal (copper or iron) has long been used. Now, plastic is often used for this. And the fiber itself can be synthetic.

Without a lace and neither there nor here.

Decorative and functional knots and a variety of non-standard lacing options give ordinary shoes a very original look. This is successfully used by young people, and not only by it. In some models of shoes or shoes, the traditional difference is precisely the way of rope interweaving. For example, the "Oxford" style is famous for the fact that closed laces are used to fix shoes, and not some other one.

Interlacing of twine on sports or ordinary boots should perform not only a decorative function, but also thoroughly attach the bootlegs to the foot and ankle. Otherwise, serious injury may result. Sometimes it is enough to change the ways of lacing to get rid of leg pain or discomfort during normal walking or sports activities.

Ways of weaving braid on sneakers for playing footbags are able to simulate the likeness of a cup for catching and throwing a ball. How to lace? On the bottom of the shoe, some pairs of holes just need to be skipped to get longer stitches, and the upper part to tighten more.

It is useful for cyclists to use a method in which the knot on the twine is on the side. In the process of lacing, both ends of the twine are removed from one side of the shoe, which allows you to tie the ropes from the desired side. This is convenient, since the laces do not cling to the chain.

Most famous

As soon as this word is used in figurative meaning! The expression "only laces stroking" is known, meaning emotional failure. By the way, this can be done only with flat ropes. They are less likely to untie than round.

In teenage slang so called parents. "Shoelaces in a glass" means parents are at home.

The prisoners and now the guards take these twines for their own safety and to complicate attempts to escape.

And most of all the real lace of Yuri Gagarin became famous, which was unleashed at the most crucial moment - during the cheerful march of the cosmonaut for the report of Khrushchev on the successful flight.

Lacing Options

It is impossible to accurately recount how many ways there are for weaving ropes on the "façade" of shoes. The design of sneakers has long been transformed from fashion into a kind of youth movement. New and new variants of lacing appear every now and then. For some people, inventing unusual solutions in this area turns into a peculiar hobby. Here are just a few of them:

• Twisted;
• Roman numerals;
• Reverse loops;
• lattice;
• Double two-color method;
• With hidden nodes;
• lightning;
• Stairs (European);
• Shashechka (from short laces);
• Double helix;
• butterfly;
• Railway.

And many, many other ways and names.

Some features of fixing sneakers in sports

Lacing a sneaker with 6 holes should be relaxed if the foot of its owner has a wide foot. In addition, for comfort, you should avoid crossing the ropes, that is, it is better to alternate side stitches with crosses. Lacing at this stop should be sufficiently loose. Perfectly suitable is a universal version called the "railway", in which there are no crossings of ribbons. This simple and decorative method is perfect for practicing fitness.

Athletes-runners need a sense of stability during training or competition. It would seem that this can be achieved if you tighten the knots more forcefully. However, they can simply numb and fall ill. The output is this: to the last pair of holes, you need to raise the laces with eyelets-ears without crosshairs and tighten the top tight. Then the ends are stretched into the opposite loops, tying them into a knot.

Athletes, triathletes need to change the tension of the lacing frequently and quickly, then tighten, then relax the weave. One of the interesting and safe techniques called "closed weaving" is perfect. Use a long piece of twine (up to 120 cm).

The most interesting

Very refined is the lacing of sneakers with 6 holes called "direct bar". The twine is used to take a meter long length and in parallel in a parallel way into the pair eyelets.

The method of "lightning" is similar to the colored diagonals with a slanting oblique line. It is made of a 120-centimeter rope, it is good for fixing roller skates, for active classes in any sport. There is one minus - this weaving is long enough.

"Butterfly" out of strings can not fly. But to get a lacing shoe with 5 holes of this style, you need to start weaving with a straight stitch over the shoes. The number of pairs of holes is even? Then everything is done exactly the opposite: the initial first straight stitch is hidden inside the sneaker. If you want to pull a part of the surface, there is a cross-butterfly. And where the foot needs some freedom, make skips of the stitches.

Feature: the crosses of twines are made from the outside, and with the inner lace stretched vertically.

The reverse variant

It is very significant that in armies of different countries for the fixation of soldier's shoes use not modern "Velcro", but traditional strong twine. How to lace? The "military" method is simply the reverse side of the interlacing of the "butterfly". Elastic, convenient and fast way, which simply tightens, quickly unties and in case of injury it is easily cut with a knife.

And it does not matter, an even number of holes on the shoes or odd. You can always skip a couple of holes to save the picture and the required density of the braids.

So that the nodes are held tightly

No matter how you can lace your lacing, but in the end you need to tie it up nicely and tightly. There are a few methods, as well as variants of weaving, but in the meantime the most decorative and reliable bundles have been checked and highlighted. For the basis of any strong rope ligament, the so-called "straight sea" or "reef" knot is most often taken. The trick is that one end of the twine braids another first from above, then from below. Such nodes are easily braided, tightly tightened and very quickly untied: it is enough to pull the resulting side arms in different directions to loosen.

Additional nodes at each lacing step can increase its practicality and strength. This is important when using ski boots, roller skates, as to relax this weave, you need to try very hard. You can call this option the most reliable for such sports.

Excellent hold a bunch of ribbons of natural cotton, while synthetic glide, and the nodes now and then break up, giving their masters discomfort and inconvenience.

Two-color lacing

1. A beautiful lacing shoe with 5 holes is obtained from twines of two contrasting colors. With a segmental-knotty variant, weave by the usual criss-cross method to the middle, slightly tightening the lower part of the shoe. Then make a reef knot and continue the weaving to the end. They make very thin ribbons, doubling them and fixing them in the middle for each other.
2. The double helix method is very fast. The usual cross-shaped method is taken as a basis. At the intersection of the laces twice intertwined with each other. Then each tip is cut into the hole opposite to the initial position. Two-color lacing shoe with 5 holes is very decorative. An additional advantage is the easy tightening of the weave. In addition, with this method, ropes serve longer than usual.
3. With the loopback method, the turns are made vertically. It is better to use the color of the laces, contrasting to the color of the shoes.

What to do if an odd number of holes

Practically all methods of lacing shoes are designed for couples with an even number of holes on them. What should the owners of running shoes and boots do to that have no luck with this? First of all, you need to sometimes show ingenuity. There are several solutions to this problem:

• Skip extra holes in the middle, bottom or top;
• Make one diagonal bottom screed;
• Use a double screed;
• Depending on the interlacing pattern, make a cross tie in the middle, below or above the shoe.

And then lacing the sneakers with 5 holes will be available in any version. And the fastest weaving can be called the fast diagonal method, when one of the ends of the rope is skipped obliquely immediately from the bottom to the top, and the other passes through all the holes from left to right (or vice versa). One end of the lace should be much longer than the other.