S.O.P. - How to tie shoes

MacKenzie Stewart

Anna Posey

Kyle Shook

S.O.P.

Tying shoe laces

1.0   Scope and Application

1.1   This procedure is used for tying shoes in an efficient and comfortable manner

2.0   Summary of Method

2.1   Manipulating shoestrings into a bow that will securely keep shoes on feet but can be unfastened with relative ease

3.0   Inter References

3.1   Inter References are not applicable to this method

4.0   Apparatus and Materials

4.1   Shoe (1 or 2)

4.2   Shoe laces (laced throughout the shoe)

5.0   Procedure

5.1   Pull laces until tight with a lace in each hand

5.2   Cross the laces forming an “X” shape while maintaining the tightness

5.3   Put the lace in the right hand beneath the bottom of the “X” and pull. You should be left with a “V” shape.

5.4   Make a loop with the left lace, pinching it at the base of the loop

5.5   Take the right lace and wrap once around the base of the loop

5.6   You should be left with a second loop formed around the first

5.7   Pull the right lace through the second loop

5.8   Pull the newly formed third loop and the first loop. This will eliminate the second loop.

6.0   Quality Control

6.1   The end result should be a knotted shoe with the two loops and two loose lace ends. The knot should hold and not come undone