How to tie a shoe

Tie a Shoe

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Grab your untied shoe.

Grab your untied shoe.

Place your foot inside the shoe.

Place your foot inside the shoe.

Grab both laces and pull until the shoe is snug against your foot.

Grab both laces and pull until the shoe is snug against your foot.

Cross the laces so they form an X shape.

Cross the laces so they form an X shape.

From the X shape, loop one lace under the other.

From the X shape, loop one lace under the other.

Tighten the laces until your shoe is snug against your foot.

Tighten the laces until your shoe is snug against your foot.

Pinch the shoe laces in between your fingers approximately two inches from the surface of your foot.

Pinch the shoe laces in between your fingers approximately two inches from the surface of your foot.

Twist your hands in opposite directions of each other so the laces loop around your fingers differently. One lace will be around your thumb, and the other around your first two fingers.

Twist your hands in opposite directions of each other so the laces loop around your fingers differently. One lace will be around your thumb, and the other around your first two fingers.

Swap the loose end of the laces with one another. To make sure you did it right,it should look like a flattened pretzel.

Swap the loose end of the laces with one another. To make sure you did it right,it should look like a flattened pretzel.

Continue to pull the laces until the shoe fills comfortable on your foot.

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