Loop (knot)

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Shoe bow
Shoe bow
Type Connection, ornament
application Embellishment, laces, bow tie
Ashley No. 1212
Synonyms Double-detachable square knot, shoe knot, shoelace knot, square knot or reef knot with two loops (in Austria: loop for loop)
English bowknot
List of nodes

The bow is a knot that has played an important role in fashion for centuries due to its decorative effect . As an ornament, it was attached to clothing, hair or shoes, and was often made of decorative ribbons in contrasting colors, which could be made of velvet , silk or satin , for example .

Technically, a loop is a square knot placed on top of a slip . The finished knot is easy to untie at each end, even under load.

Today, the loop is used primarily for binding shoelaces and bow ties . It also still plays a certain role as a hair ornament and is also an important and useful piece of jewelry for gift wrapping.

history

Jean Baptiste Greuze (?): Ekaterina Petrovna Shuvalova , approx. 1773–1774

Bows were an important part of fashion, especially in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, especially in women's fashion, where they could be an important eye-catcher in the hair, on the cleavage or on the bodice . Bows were also attached to the skirt, with the help of which one sometimes draped and tied the upper skirt, also known as a manteau . Especially in the early baroque period (approx. 1610–1650) many gentlemen wore decorative bows. For example, the then modern bloomers were tied on the outside of the knee with a bow, and the shoes were often decorated with neat bows, often in red. At the beginning of the reign of Louis XIV , between 1650 and 1670, the gentlemen drove one especially great effort with silk bows and ribbons , which were also worn in large quantities around the waist and hips (e.g. on the ' Rheingrafenhose '). At that time it became common to tie a bow around the neck, either as a tie made of white lace - the so-called jabot - or a colored or red bow in addition to the jabot. Also sashes were decorated with bows, which were sometimes linked two or more times. In the Rococo period between around 1740 and 1770 it became fashionable to decorate the bodice with numerous large bows at the front, which became smaller from the top (on the chest) to the bottom (towards the waist). Skirts, hats, bonnets and hairstyles were also decorated with bows. A typical rococo hairstyle ( ailes de pigeon ) for men consisted of hair tied at the nape of the neck with a large black velvet or silk bow. Towards the end of the 18th century a wide silk sash appeared in women's fashion, which was tied around the waist and tied with a large bow at the back.

In the 19th century, too, bows were used to decorate clothes and hats; large bows on the gathered masses of the Cul de Paris were particularly popular around 1860 to 1890. For men, bows on the neck were (or remained) obligatory since the end of the 19th century Century also as a fly .

The hair bow, especially for young girls, was always in vogue both in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1920s to 1950s, many girls often wore large bows on their heads. To this day (2018) the hair bows or hair clips decorated with bows are always an important hair accessory for women and girls with long hair. The bow also belongs to some traditional costumes. Nowadays they are used every day on shoes.

Knot

"Quick tying" a shoe bow

A loop that is usually sufficiently secure is a square knot placed twice on slip : Two half knots are tied symmetrically one above the other, so that the first goes right over left, the second left over right (or both vice versa). The second half knot is tied with the bay , that is, put on slip .

Common mistakes

Shoe knot with old woman's knot (left), square knot (right)

If the second half knot has the same orientation as the first, an old woman's knot is created instead of a square knot , which does not last permanently, but loosens quickly. In the square knot, the incoming and outgoing ends are parallel, while in the old woman's knot to be avoided, the loose ends are about 45 ° oblique to the incoming ends, which, in addition to the lack of firmness, ensures that the loop is oblique, as shown in the picture sees.

Instead of using the correct knot, a “double knot” is often tied over it, ie another half knot is tied with the two loops.

Modified shoe bow

The shoe node may separate under certain circumstances, such as prolonged use (such as jogging) or laces in a poorly knotbaren material (. E.g., due to low friction at Paracord -Senkeln).

A simple modification can help: When tying the second knot, you wrap the shoelace twice around the first loop.

Gift with a bow in Furoshiki style

variants

  • Further variations can be found under Ashley Book of Knots # 1214–1222 and Ian Fieggen's “Ian's Shoelace Site”.
  • A marathon lacing creates a firmer stand in the shoe. To do this, the shoelace is passed through the uppermost hole, which is usually unused in jogging shoes. The result is a bay that is used as an extended eyelet before the ribbon is tied.

Loops over the centuries (gallery)

literature

  • Ludmila Kybalová, Olga Herbenová, Milena Lamarová: The great image lexicon of fashion - from antiquity to the present. Translated by Joachim Wachtel, Bertelsmann, 1967/1977.
  • Burkard Polster: The Shoelace Book. A Mathematical Guide to the Best (And Worst) Ways to Lace Your Shoes (= Mathematical World. Volume 24). American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI 2006, ISBN 0-8218-3933-0 .
  • Ian Fieggen: Laces. 100s of Ways to Pimp Your Kicks. Sterling Publ., New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-4027-5201-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton: 200 Practical Knots for Sailors, Climbers, Campers and Other Adventurers . Librero IBP (for the German-language edition), Kerkdriel (Netherlands) 2016, ISBN 978-90-8998-727-3 , pp. 12 (Original title: The Book of Knots (2003) .).
  2. ↑ Ludmila Kybalová, Olga Herbenová, Milena Lamarová: The great image lexicon of fashion - from antiquity to the present , translated by Joachim Wachtel, Bertelsmann, 1967/1977: p. 179 (Fig. 248), p. 184-185 (Fig. 260, 261), p. 527 (keyword 'bloomers').
  3. ↑ Ludmila Kybalová, Olga Herbenová, Milena Lamarová: The great image lexicon of fashion - from antiquity to the present , translated by Joachim Wachtel, Bertelsmann, 1967/1977: p. 189 (the text only speaks of “ribbons” in general), p. 527f (Rheingrafenhose).
  4. ↑ Ludmila Kybalová, Olga Herbenová, Milena Lamarová: The great image lexicon of fashion - from antiquity to the present , translated by Joachim Wachtel, Bertelsmann, 1967/1977: pp. 195–197.
  5. ↑ This can be seen in many portraits of women from the Rococo, e. B. in most of the portraits of Madame de Pompadour by Boucher a . a ..
  6. ↑ Ludmila Kybalová, Olga Herbenová, Milena Lamarová: The great image lexicon of fashion - from antiquity to the present , translated by Joachim Wachtel, Bertelsmann, 1967/1977: p. 208, p. 323, p. 350 (fig.).
  7. ↑ Ludmila Kybalová, Olga Herbenová, Milena Lamarová: The great image lexicon of fashion - from antiquity to the present , translated by Joachim Wachtel, Bertelsmann, 1967/1977: p. 441, p. 445 (Fig. 745: Goya : Portrait of the Duchess of Alba).
  8. ↑ Ludmila Kybalová, Olga Herbenová, Milena Lamarová: The great image lexicon of fashion - from antiquity to the present , translated by Joachim Wachtel, Bertelsmann, 1967/1977: p. 543.
  9. ^ Ian Knot = Ian's Fast Shoelace Knot. Retrieved January 1, 2012 .
  10. ↑ Clifford Ashley: Ashley Book of Knots . Number 1215.
  11. ↑ Better Bowknot
  12. ↑ mega-nodes
  13. ↑ Instructions for marathon lacing