| 29. Hexagram Lacing | | | | Features: |
| This purely decorative lacing forms a hexagram, | | | | Decorative look |
| or six pointed star. This geometric symbol has | | | | Loose fit |
| been used for centuries in various cultures and | | | | Harder to tighten |
| religions, most notably as the Jewish "Star of | | | | 30. Footbag Lacing |
| David". This lacing works best with thinner or flat | | | | Footbag players use this lacing to open up the |
| laces because several eyelets have to | | | | front of their shoes, making it easier to catch or |
| accommodate two passes of shoelace. | | | | otherwise control the footbag (or "Hacky Sack"). |
| Lacing Technique: | | | | This page shows four popular variations of |
| 1. The lace is run straight across the bottom | | | | Footbag Lacing, the common element being long, |
| (grey section) and the ends are fed in through | | | | straight segments along the outside that pull the |
| both bottom eyelets. Adjust the ends so that the | | | | toe section outwards. |
| left (blue) end is quite a bit shorter than the right | | | | Lacing Technique: |
| (yellow) end. | | | | 1. The lace runs straight across and emerges |
| 2. The ends are crossed over each other, then | | | | from the third set of eyelets from the bottom |
| fed in through the fourth set of eyelets up the | | | | (grey section). |
| shoe (skip past two sets of eyelets). | | | | 2. Both ends run straight down and are fed into |
| 3. Both ends are run straight down on the inside | | | | the second set of eyelets from the bottom. |
| and emerge through the next set of eyelets | | | | 3. Both ends again run straight down and emerge |
| down the shoe. | | | | through the bottom set of eyelets. |
| 4. The right (blue) end is run diagonally up to the | | | | 4. Both ends now run straight up along the |
| left, then fed under the side to emerge through | | | | outside and are fed into the fourth set of eyelets |
| the top left eyelet. | | | | (the first vacant pair). |
| 5. The left (yellow) end is run in a complete loop: | | | | 5. The ends are crossed over each other, then |
| Straight across on the outside and in through the | | | | they go under and out through the next set of |
| adjacent eyelet on the right side of the shoe, | | | | eyelets up the shoe. |
| then straight up on the inside to emerge through | | | | 6. Repeat step (5) until both ends reach the top. |
| the next eyelet up the right side, then back | | | | Features: |
| across on the outside and in through the adjacent | | | | Suits Footbag |
| eyelet on the left side, then back down on the | | | | Less binding |
| inside to re-emerge through the third eyelet up | | | | Distorts shoes |
| the left side. | | | | 30 Ways To Lace Shoes(10) |
| 6. The left (yellow) end is then continued | | | | Joke: I'm putting my boots on |
| diagonally up to the right, feeding under the side | | | | Copyright reserved by go4uggboots. |
| to emerge through the top right eyelet. | | | | |