If you find your shoelaces come undone every time you wear them, you’re not alone. The majority of people are taught to tie their laces incorrectly which means they’re more likely to come undone, ...

Tying shoelaces is a tricky skill for little kids with little fingers to learn, but it's an essential milestone too. A great trick for teaching a child how to do it is to use a jump rope first. The ...

The bow often used for shoelaces is essentially a double knot, but using folded loops rather than straight ends for the second knot. Double knots come in two kinds: the reef knot and the granny. A ...

For more than 40 years, Oliver O'Reilly's shoelaces have been coming untied pretty much every day. And for most of those 40 years O'Reilly didn't think too much about it. But then, about a decade ago, ...

Today's children may be whiz kids at hi-tech gadgets, but they now learn to tie their shoelaces at a later age than ever before, a new report has found. By Hayley Dixon 02 May 2013 • 9:50am Changes in ...

It is one of the perils of going back to school, causing equal anguish for both parent and child. But however tricky it may be to master the art of tying shoelaces, an expert has warned that parents ...