Re:A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) ...
by aardvarkr on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:39AM
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Amazing, I love learning about knots! Is there a better shoelace knot? Not faster, but better
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Re:A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) ...
by ctrl4 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:45AM
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Yes, there is my friend. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm
I've learned it a month ago and couldn't be happier.
Re:A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) ...
by jrimbault on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:58AM
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I love how new people keep discovering Ian's website (cf the xkcd 1053). It's a really well made website, the pictures and animations are very well chosen to explain knots and lacing.
Re:A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) ...
by dools on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @10:32AM
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Yep: one extra rotation at the end, like when you are tying the loops together, go around a second time. Never comes undone, but releases easily.
Re:A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) ...
by kencausey on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:45AM
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I favor a technique I was taught by a nursing student almost 30 years ago. You basically use the usual technique but each time the lace crosses another do it one extra time.
So first you wrap one lace around the other and pull it tight, well before you pull it tight wrap it around one more time. This helps hold the laces tight for the next step where you fold the laces and wrap them around each other. Do that a second time as well before you pull it fully tight.
Without video or illustration I suspect this is not easy to follow. Oh well.