I have a nice pair of low-top Merrell shoes I like to wear for walking and hiking. From time to time the knot would come undone, which is somewhat annoying.

I was getting ready to do my 3 mile walk around the neighborhood, and decided I wanted to learn a secure but easily tied replacement for the bunny-ears knot I learned in kindergarten. The solution was:

    Ian’s Secure Shoelace Knot

It’s easy enough to learn and then to tie, and results in a very secure shoelace that’s still easy to untie.

Here’s a diagram of Step 6, which shows a view of the completion of the process.