Shoelace knot

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"Bow knot" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Rosette (decoration).

Shoelace knot

Names	Shoelace knot, Bow
Category	Loop
Related	Reef knot
Releasing	non-jamming
Typical use	Tying shoelaces, bow ties, decorative bows
ABoK	#1212, #2403, #2404
Instructions

The shoelace knot, also known as the bow knot, is a knot which is commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow-ties.

The shoelace knot is designed for quick release and easily comes untied when either of the working ends is pulled. During the tying of the knot, the farther the loops are pulled, the shorter the working ends become. The shoelace knot is a doubly slipped reef knot, the original being far harder to undo. The shoelace knot differs from the reef knot by having the working ends pushed back through the knot, creating the loops which allow the knot to be untied so easily.

The two loops are sometimes referred to as "bunny ears", especially when the knot is being taught to young children.

Techniques

All techniques start with a starter knot: a simple half-hitch.

The simplest method of tying a bow is by forming two loops and tying those loops in a half-hitch.
The most common method of tying a bow is by forming a loop, then circling the first loop with the other piece of string and finally pushing the bight of that string through the knot to form the second loop.
The fastest method of tying a bow is the "Ian knot", named after its inventor Ian Fieggen. Two loops are formed and pulled through each other simultaneously.^[1]

How to tie shoelaces using an Ian knot

Sources

↑ Ian's Shoelace Site: Tying Shoelaces, "Ian knot"

External links

"How to tie the Shoelace", Animated Knots by Grog.
"How to tie the Fieggen Shoelace Knot", Animated Knots by Grog.

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Bends	Adjustable bend Albright special Alpine butterfly bend Ashley's bend Basket weave knot Beer knot Blood knot Carrick bend Double fisherman's knot Fisherman's knot Flemish bend Grief knot Harness bend Heaving line bend Hunter's bend Nail knot One-sided overhand bend Racking bend Sheet bend Shoelace knot Shroud knot Simple Simon under Single carrick bend Surgeon's knot Surgeon's loop Triple fisherman's knot True lover's knot Water knot Zeppelin bend Zeppelin loop

Binding knots	Boa knot Bottle sling Constrictor knot Corned beef knot Granny knot Ground-line hitch Jamming knot Miller's knot Packer's knot Reef knot Strangle knot Thief knot Transom knot

Climbing knots	Alpine butterfly knot Autoblock Bachmann knot Beer knot Bowline on a bight Directional figure eight Double anchorman knot Double bowline Farmer's loop Figure-eight knot Figure-eight loop Figure-of-nine loop Friction hitch Klemheist knot Munter hitch Overhand loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline

Coils	Alpine coil Butterfly coil

Decorative knots	Carrick mat Chinese button knot Celtic button knot Knife lanyard knot Diamond knot Fiador knot Friendship knot Matthew Walker knot Turk's head knot Wall and crown knot

Fishing knots	Angler's loop Arbor knot Bimini twist Blood knot Fisherman's knot Half blood knot Improved clinch knot Knotless knot Nail knot Palomar knot Snell knot Trilene knot Triple fisherman's knot Turle knot Uni knot

Hitches	Adjustable grip hitch Anchor bend Axle hitch Bachmann knot Bale sling hitch Barrel hitch Becket hitch Blackwall hitch Blake's hitch Boom hitch Buntline hitch Cat's paw Clove hitch Cow hitch Double overhand noose Falconer's knot Farrimond friction hitch Friction hitch Garda hitch Gripping Sailor's hitch Ground-line hitch Half hitch Halter hitch Highpoint hitch Highwayman's hitch Hitching tie Icicle hitch Improved clinch knot Killick hitch Knute hitch Lobster buoy hitch Marlinespike hitch Munter hitch Ossel hitch Pile hitch Snuggle hitch Timber hitch

Loop knots	Angler's loop Artillery loop Bale sling hitch Bowline Bumper knot Cowboy bowline Diamond knot Double bowline Dropper loop Eskimo bowline Fiador knot Fireman's chair knot Halter hitch Handcuff knot Honda knot Jury mast knot Overhand loop Portuguese bowline Rigid double splayed loop in the bight Slippery eight loop Span loop Spanish bowline Tom fool's knot Trident loop Triple bowline Triple crown knot Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin loop

Running knots	Hangman's knot Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Slip knot Tarbuck knot

Shanks	Catshank Dogshank Sheepshank

Stopper knots	Ashley's stopper knot Double overhand knot Monkey's fist Stevedore knot

Whipping knots	Common whipping Overhand knot with draw-loop Portuguese whipping Sailmaker's whipping West Country whipping

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