[cton]

I must have saved upwards of 10 minutes so far by tying my laces with the Ian Knot [1]. If anyone knows of a faster knot I’m all ears, otherwise, cheers to Ian and his innovation in the shoe lace knot space.

[1] https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

[pbhjpbhj]

In case you don't realise, you're tying a regular shoe-lace knot, a square knot, it's just a different technique.

[aftoprokrustes]

Not just time saving, but since I use it I did not have to re-tie my laces during the day, it looks very symmetrical, and I regularly have the silly but satisfying experience of people seeing me tie my shoes and say "how did you do that?". This is the knot I am teaching my kids (my wife can take care of the "standard" one).

[daviziko9]

My kids only know this way of tying it, I was surprised how easy they learnt it vs what other parents refer to me for more traditional ways

[jimbob45]

How do you keep the tension when tying that? With a regular shoelace knot, I have a spare thumb to place on the base knot so that it maintains the tension I initially selected with the base knot. With the Ian knot, it feels like I just get whatever it feels like giving me.

[daviziko9]

I use my pinky or ring finger to apply pressure on the base knot