particular reference to fig3 the rocker clamps 22 are spring loaded which allows a user to squeeze ends 22 a of the clamps 22 toward one another to disengage the teeth 22 b of the clamps 22 from the stand arm 16 or extension arm 64 if applicable and thus release the collet 18 from the stand arm 16 while holding handle 26 the user may then slide the collet 18 along the stand arm 16 to a desired position to accommodate the user and the size of the shoe s to be loaded into the shoe reception area 24 operation of the shoelace tying apparatus 10 to form a knot in the shoelace 78 of a shoe s will be described with respect to fig6 through 12 as will be readily appreciated the shoelace tying apparatus 10 is operative to form a conventional knot 80 in shoelace 78 of shoe s as shown in fig1 for purposes of explaining the knot forming process it will be assumed that the user has set the tying platform 14 to a desired height relative to the stand arm 16 as described above referring now to fig6 the shoelace tying apparatus 10 is designed to form a knot in a shoelace 78 however the shoelace 78 must be presented with a slipknot 82 formed therein in this regard the shoelace tying apparatus 10 is best suited for a user with full use of at least one hand or sufficient dexterity in one hand to form such a slipknot 82 the shoelace tying device 32 must also be set at an initial position which is shown in fig6 in the initial position the handles 68 72 are pushed fully toward one another this is achieved by pushing one.