Thanks, Beverly, for sending me the original message. I now know that it's more the last ending threads rather than threads in and out of the main part of the lace. Please -- don't use glue on fine lace. The ending threads -- something we all have to learn to deal with. A square knot is usually used to tie off threads. I have seen (and used0 the triple knot only on the last 2 threads. Then..... You can be a practical traditionalist and trim off the last threads and just leave the ends. I have seen this in many pictures of laces in books out of northern Europe. Or -- You can be a perfectionist and hide those ends by sewing them back into the lace, following the lines of the lace. Yes, it's finicky. And takes some practice to learn how to best hide that extra thread. If you explore some of the Finishing books available, you can find some methods using magic threads that pull the ends back into the lace. They take a bit of planning. Russian Lace has a method of pulling the threads back into the trail without knots. I have seen it diagrammed out but don't remember which books show it. Be brave and keep practicing. You will eventually think it no harder than doing it in the knitting and crochet. Alice in Oregon -- resting after demo-ing two days in the heat at Harvest Fest.where I actually made 2 square inches of lace between talking to people. They gave us a free lunch for out efforts.  That was nice of them.
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