How to Make and Put Elastics on Your Irish Dance Shoes (Hard Shoes)

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: To put your elastics on

   Lace and tie them, latch them, and if you are covering your laces with another huge elastic, do that.
   
   The big buckle (if you're wearing them) comes afterward. ,, One end should touch the back of your ankle, the rest of it should be stretched freely out in front of you. ,,,,, If you can't, that's OK, you just need to do a little of your own twisting and winding to see what works best. ,,
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   Step 2: you first need to put your shoes on.

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   Step 3: It helps to sit down to do this

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   Step 4: with the foot you're working on stretched out in front of you.

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   Step 5: Put the elastic around your foot.

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   Step 6: Twist the front part around

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   Step 7: so that the elastic looks like the number eight.

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   Step 8: Take the front loop of the elastic

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   Step 9: point your foot

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    Step 10: and put your foot through it.

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    Step 11: The elastic should now be wrapped twice around your foot and ankle area.

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    Step 12: reach down to the arch of your shoe and pull out whatever remaining elastic you can manage to stretch.

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    Step 13: Try to twist it again

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    Step 14: to make another small figure eight.

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    Step 15: Wrap this loop around the heel of your shoe.

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    Step 16: The elastic should now be on your foot in three loops: once crossed over your ankle and the top of your foot

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    Step 17: once around the arch of your foot

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    Step 18: and once around the heel of your shoe.

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