The Shoelace Brigade at Penny Creek Elementary School has things all tied up. Sixteen fourth- and fifth-graders joined the brainchild of physical education teacher Susan Wood. The idea? “After ...
FORT HUNT, VA — When students were home in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus was on the new virtual learning format. There wasn't as much of a need to learn the life skill of tying ...
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A better shoelace knot

The Berluti knot is the product of someone thinking about a knot's function, rather than just making it easy for kids to ...
The bow often used for shoelaces is essentially a double knot, but using folded loops rather than straight ends for the second knot. Double knots come in two kinds: the reef knot and the granny. A ...