Shoe laces are meant to be on shoes right? Well, most of the time they are, but not when they’re pretty shoe laces. The next time you’re thinking of throwing an old pair of sneakers out, keep the laces because I’m about to tell you what to do with shoe laces.
Puma was having a promotion with Foursquare just last month. As long as you checked in at either of their Puma outlets with a soccer tip, you got yourself a free pair of shoe laces! I picked out this pretty blue pair of laces and decided they were too pretty to go onto my shoes. I wanted to show case them in another way.
Inspiration struck me and I figured some other things I could do with the laces include:
- using them as a hair/head band
- tying it around the neck as a choker
Using them as a bracelet is another good option, but instead of just tying them around your wrists, let’s make a proper bracelet with them laces. The laces I used here are brand new ones, but if you’re going to reuse one from an old pair of sneakers, it might be a good idea to wash those laces before you start anything.
Step 1: Put the two laces together and fold them in equal halves. Tie a knot to secure the top.
You should have 4 laces to work with.
Step 2: Start with the right most lace and weave the lace over the lace next to it. Go under the next one and again, over until you reach the end.
Step 3: When you reach the end, use the same lace to go under the first lace before weaving over and under again. Remember, the key is to alternate the pattern of going over and under each lace.
Keep the laces woven tightly together and you’ll be able to see the zig-zag pattern on your bracelet when you keep weaving.
Step 4: When you run out of lace space, simply tie a knot to finish off your lace bracelet!
Your bracelet will make a perfect accessory to wear on Sneaker Sundays with your favourite pair of sneakers. But if you need a pair of sneakers to match your bracelet, Violet has the perfect solution on how you can customise your own pair!
Welcome back to Sneaker Sunday.
It’s good to be back.
That’s what I love most about them – they were made not to have laces. Everytime I wear them, people ask if I took the laces off and if I did, how come the sides never seem to fall open. Heehee. That’s because they were meant to be without laces and there are buttons on the inside to secure the sides. How clever!
