Today’s weird rabbit hole for you: if your (or your children’s) shoelaces keep coming undone, there’s a better knot (which is just as easy) that doesn’t come undone accidentally.
The Ian know it nice, but mainly because it’s so fast. The end result I believe is the same as a balanced granny knot. The Berluti knot is even less likely to accidentally get untied, and is about as easy to intentionally untie.
Today’s weird rabbit hole for you: if your (or your children’s) shoelaces keep coming undone, there’s a better knot (which is just as easy) that doesn’t come undone accidentally.
As this comic shows, it can save your life.
I learned the Ian Knot and never went back.
Yeah it’s a neat party trick to show how fast you can tie them. I still had the same problem of it sometimes coming undone though.
Why did you link to a knot that’s not the ian knot?
I used to triple tie my shoes, but they would keep getting untied. After I learned a balanced ian knot my shoes would never get untied again.
Balanced friction > total friction
The Ian know it nice, but mainly because it’s so fast. The end result I believe is the same as a balanced granny knot. The Berluti knot is even less likely to accidentally get untied, and is about as easy to intentionally untie.
Fancy seeing someone link this site.
Great resource and an inspirational passion project.