Well here’s the thing… for ten years I have been buying shoes with bungee laces/zips/straps etc etc because I thought I wouldn’t be able to tie shoelaces with only one hand.
It wasn’t until the recent paralympics that I realised it could be done quite easily. I caught the tail-end of an interview with someone involved in the games, where she was talking about showing someone how to tie the laces on their trainers, that I had the Homer Simpson ‘doh!’ moment. Of course it’s possible! These athletes don’t have a troupe of assistants for shoelace tying duty!
I researched YouTube and there are loads of tutorials. Why did I not know this? Why did no-one ever mention this?
It took a bit of practice, but is quite easy to do. Hooray! Real lace-ups!
