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Double Cross Lacing
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This blend of Over Under Lacing and Hash Lacing
creates overlapping "crosses", which can also be woven into the most intricate "macrame". There's two variations:
One with a gap at each end and with uniform crossovers (which uses shorter laces), one without gaps and with
non-uniform crossovers (which uses longer laces).
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Method 1 - Shorter Laces
Gap at top and bottom are so that all the underlying crossovers run at the same angle. |
Lacing Technique - Method 1 - Shorter Laces:
1. The lace is run straight across the bottom (grey section) and feeds into both bottom eyelets.
2. Skipping two sets of eyelets, cross the ends over and emerge from the fourth set of eyelets.
3. Cross the ends over and go down one eyelet to feed into the third set of eyelets.
4. Repeat steps (2) and (3), each time crossing over underneath and going up three sets of eyelets, then crossing
over on top to feed into the next set of eyelets below.
Comparative Length = 95%
Laced area uses less (about −5%)
Shorter laces needed (about −3%)
Lengthens lace ends (about +6%)
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Method 2 - Longer Laces
No gap at top or bottom, which means that the underlying crossovers run at different angles. |
Lacing Technique - Method 2 - Longer Laces:
1. The lace is run straight across the bottom (grey section) and feeds into both bottom eyelets.
2. Skipping one set of eyelets, cross the ends over and emerge from the third set of eyelets.
3. Cross the ends over and go down one eyelet to feed into the second set of eyelets.
4. Skipping three sets of eyelets, cross the ends over and emerge from the fifth set of eyelets.
5. Repeat steps (3) and (4), each time crossing over on top to feed into the next set of eyelets below, then
crossing over underneath and emerging three eyelets higher up, until the final crossover emerges from the top set
of eyelets.
Comparative Length = 120%
Laced area uses more (about +20%)
Longer laces needed (about +11%)
Shortens lace ends (about −24%)
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Standard Double Cross Lacing
This photo, sent to me by Shegolevskaya, really shows how this lacing can be woven.
More Lacing Photos |
Features:
Decorative look
Harder to tighten
NOTE:
This method looks symmetrical on shoes with even numbered pairs of eyelets (eg. 8 pairs = 16 eyelets). If
you use this method on a shoe with an odd number of eyelet pairs (eg: 7 eyelet pairs), there will only be a gap at
one end of the lacing (either the top or the bottom), while the underlying crossover at the other end will appear
squashed (as can be seen in the picture at left).
Variations:
This lacing can be woven into the most intricate "macrame", as shown in the picture at left, by lacing it with the
large crossovers on the outside and the small crossovers on the inside (ie. inside-out), then bringing the small
crossovers over the top. Whilst it looks great, do note that it is terribly difficult to tighten or loosen.
It's best used on low shoes or sneakers, such as the one pictured, which can be removed without loosening and thus
disturbing the interwoven sections. |
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This page last updated: 27-Nov-2008. Copyright © 2005-2008 by
Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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