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Pentagram Lacing
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This purely decorative lacing forms a pentagram, or five pointed star. Besides the "magical" associations, solid
five pointed stars are found on many flags, most notably the fifty stars on the U.S. flag. This lacing works best
with thinner or flat laces because several eyelets have to accommodate two passes of shoelace.
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Faint sections are underneath
Setting the bottom "corners" higher up centers the pentagram.
In this photo, the top "rung" has been shifted up one set of eyelets to lengthen the top point.
This photo of a Pentagram Laced New Balance sneaker was sent to me by Corey C.
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Lacing Technique:
1. The lace is run straight across (grey section) and is fed into the third set of eyelets from the top of the
shoe.
2. Both ends run straight down on the inside and emerge from the bottom pair of eyelets (skip two sets of eyelets).
These mark the bottom "corners" of the pentagram.
3. The left (blue) end forms the bottom "cross" as follows: Run diagonally up to the right, feeding back into the
third eyelet from the top on the right side of the shoe, then run straight down on the inside to emerge from the
bottom right "corner" of the pentagram, then diagonally up to the left, feeding a second time into the third eyelet
from the top on the left side of the shoe.
4. The left (blue) end now continues to form the top "rung" as follows: Run straight up on the inside and emerge
from the next eyelet up the shoe, then run straight across to feed into the adjacent eyelet on the right side of
the shoe, then straight up to emerge from the top right eyelet.
5. With the top "rung" completed, the right (yellow) end now runs diagonally up to the top middle and wraps around
that rung, then runs diagonally back down and left, feeding a second time into the eyelet at the bottom left
"corner" of the pentagram.
6. Finally, the left (yellow) end runs all the way up the inside left of the shoe to emerge from the top left
eyelet.
Features:
Decorative look
Loose fit
Harder to tighten
Comparative Length = 135%
Laced area uses more (about +35%)
Longer laces needed (about +17%)
Shortens lace ends (about −32%)
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NOTE:
It may take some experimentation to get a pentagram with fairly even points, which will depend on the width of the
shoe and the eyelet spacing.
Running the bottom "corners" through the second pair of eyelets from the bottom reduces the length of the lower
points and shifts the pentagram higher up the shoe. The top "rung" can be also be shifted higher to increase the
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This page last updated: 16-Dec-2008. Copyright © 2008 by
Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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