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How to backlace your shoes

By June Jess and carry

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First: take your original shoelaces out

First: take your original shoelaces out

Next: put the shoelace in the bottom right whole, but remember put in from the outside

Next: put the shoelace in the bottom right whole, but remember put in from the outside

Then bring the shoelace around to the opposite side and pull it through from the inside

Then bring the shoelace around to the opposite side and pull it through from the inside

Then go to the next whole above on the same side and pull it from the outside (remember the pattern: under and over)

Then go to the next whole above on the same side and pull it from the outside (remember the pattern: under and over)

This is what the first two laces should look like

This is what the first two laces should look like

Keep doing the same thing until you get to the end

Keep doing the same thing until you get to the end

After you finish tuck the remaining shoelace inside the shoe

After you finish tuck the remaining shoelace inside the shoe

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