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Turquoise Turtle Shoelace Knot
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Just as the
Surgeon's Knot is like the
Standard Knot secured with an extra pass through the middle, the "Turquoise Turtle Knot" is like the
Two Loop Knot ("Bunny Ears") secured with an extra pass through the middle.
The knot is named after a parcel knot used in a boutique called the "Turquoise Turtle".
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Step 1:
Tie a
Starting Knot as shown, then make both ends into "loops" by simply doubling them back onto themselves. I guess
they should still be called "Bunny Ears", because they don't look like "Turtle Ears"!
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Step 2:
Cross the two loops over each other so that the right (blue) loop ends up in front and the left (yellow) loop ends
up behind. The yellow loop is now the right loop.
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Step 3:
Begin to wrap the right (yellow) loop around the left (blue) loop to end up in front. To this point, the knot is
exactly the same as the
Two Loop Shoelace Knot.
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Step 4:
Feed the right (yellow) loop through the "hole" that has just been made. Feed a fair amount through so that you
still have a good length of loop to work with.
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Step 5:
Take the right (yellow) loop
and the right (blue) loose end together as a "bundle" and wrap them
both around so that they end up in front.
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Step 6:
The "bundle" is now fed into the "hole" between the laces. Like the
Surgeon's Shoelace Knot, this second wrap & feed-through is the "secret recipe" that makes this knot secure.
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Step 7:
Now, simply pull the loops to tighten the knot. Believe it or not, the whole twisted mess of the previous drawing
will rearrange itself into exactly the same finished knot as my
Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot.
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NOTE:
The final drawing shows an open and somewhat stylised version of the finished knot, which is theoretically the same
as the finished
Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot.
However, because this knot isn't created symmetrically, it can end up looking completely different, especially if
there's not enough slack for the laces to rearrange themselves during tightening.
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