How to lace up some thuggin' Converse "Doubles"

Alright! You just bought some sweet Converse shoes, but wait. What's this? There Are TWO sets of grommets for TWO laces?!?! Don't worry, I'm about to show you how to make those kicks fly as they come.

Step 1: Background

This all started tonight when I went to Bob's with my Mom and saw some Converse shoes, that were only 25 bucks! They were horribly ugly (probably why they cost 25 bucks) so I fell in love with them immediately. When I took them home, I went online to find the proper way to lace up the "double" style, but there was nothing. So I made my own thuggin' way to lace them up. After I was finished, I decided I had to share my work with the world (along with how to do it) with my first Instructable.

Comments

[ldkv]

OMG THANKS AND BY THE WAY YOUR LEGS ARE HAIRY (NO OFFENCE) =]

[ruarctb]

He's a dude. I think he's allowed to be.

[Metyltears]

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[tezcatbus]

if you're not telling him to be a jerk, why are you telling him? he can see 'em, he probably knows :)

you keep rockin' those woolly getaway sticks, guy.

[irfan136]

ThnkZ a ton.. fr so many days i ws trying to tie my laces nw i hav finally tied it..

[Da Kurlzz]

Thanks man! Me and my friend were trying so many different ways to do this till I finally looked it up!

[da17ghosts]

thanx so much. if it wasnt 4 u i would have spent days trying to figure them out , now i could actually show off my new convers .thanx again man

[J@50n]

 They look awesome!

Your converse look cool too. if you want, you can join the Converse Lovers group and post this Ible for Converse Lovers all around to Enjoy.

LINK: www.instructables.com/group/converselovers/

[lynds10]

thanks! now i can wear my new sweet kicks!!

[sharkstun97]

 awesome if u want a nother way you can use both shoelaces look for checkerboard sholelcing on the computer (or u can see my instructable)

[cute-peaches]

Thanks so much! I kept on trying my own versions but none of them worked out, so I googled it. They look nice now, see?

[NatureBoom21]

COOL!!!!! how do you do that!

[veritas00000]

sweet sweet. good to see people are stilll using this instructable haha. make a sick new design and an instructable of your own I wanna see what other people can think up

[nimishgangrade]

hey...thanks for this...it was vry helpful.....i googled it n got ur instructions.....

[ajam10121]

yay! i did them a little diferently but same method. I took me about 2 hours

[chazzi]

i would be lost and shoe swagg-less without your help THANX ALOT

[brandonflowerswife]

Superb!!! I can fianally wear then now after being unlaced under the stairs for over 3 months!

[CearraDawn]

So very helpful!!! Thank you!!!

[mtametrocards]

yeah, they are weird looking so many holes like a spider's eyes why not the regular 5-7 eyelets?

[themagicsheep]

pretty sweet structable here. the only thing i would say is that instead of knotting both laces separately, wait till you are done lacing up the shoe and grab the inside and outside laces at the same time and make one knot with both laces.

[converselova]

the outer holes ARE for decoration and they arent called "doubles" they are called limited look it up on the converse website

[ian44]

if the outer holes are not for laces why do they supply laces for then

[lilia]

I loved this!

[coolz]

wait... those outer holes may be for decoration

[coolz]

yeah, my instructable goes into more detail
its: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-do-shoelaces/

[White_Feathers]

Dude, you're my new hero. These are amazing, and deffinitely not ugly at all. I love them! So cool. Where'd you get um, for only 25 bucks? Just curious... Cheapest I ever saw them, was 35 bucks at Hot Topic.-those being my black hightops. I have like 5 pairs of converse, but yeah, the cheapest I ever saw them was 35 bucks... Cept I got my black on black ones at Good Will for 8 bucks. :-P Used, though. Yeah, your shoes are deffinitely very sweet, thanks so much for showin' um off, they rock! ...Now I really want a pair of double lace ones. Lol ...next pair will be....

[zero838]

i got sum brand new red and black converse at ross for $7

[veritas00000]

Hahaha thanks! Yea they were definitely eccentric when I saw them so I had to have them. Thanks for the comment!

[White_Feathers]

My pleasure :) btw- word of advice.... if u ever decide to get a job where u need to have skid-proof shoes... conerse don'twork.... Im a waitresss at a restaraunt... and I was wearing the black conerse. Well... I slipped today and fell flat on my wrist... i thinkit might be broken, but most likely it's not. (been typin w/ my left hand) :-P so yeah... you can walk on ice w/ um... but not wet floor. Lol ....ouch....

[White_Feathers]

...just realized u said they were at a store called Bob's... :-P But actually, I dunno that store. I don't think they have it around here. (I live in Ohio)

[bowmaster]

I have to buy some of those shoes!!!!!

[sgs547]

thank you just bought a pair of double uppers and was wondering how the hell to tie the laces so that it looks good

[veritas00000]

Haha well I'm glad it actually came to use. Be careful though I got yelled at for "looking like a chump" when I wore mine to work. So if your boss has no taste, I'd suggest to not wear them in a working environment

[canida]

Whoa. Those look neat!

[veritas00000]

Thanks!

[fungus amungus]

So that's what you do with those. Saw them in the store and couldn't figure them out.

[terramonkey]

these are the most unsightly foot wrappers ive ever seen.
as for the instructable it's detailed enough to follow, and there are easily enough pictures.
my only criticism would be the lighting in the photos in steps 2-7 the flash causes the white lace to lose all contrast and misses necessary detail , a well lit close up makes all the difference.
a few years back i googled this site which has loads of interesting lacing tips and in particular this page
detailing a method for lacing a double row of eyelets, it might be worth browsing if you are looking for a different way to lace your shoes

[veritas00000]

Hahaha thanks man.