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Comment by Barbara Bilsky on August 4, 2016 at 9:09pm

I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know how to do Puncetto using multiple colors? I know there's a book about it but it seems that the shop has closed down and I can't find it. Is it just switching off strings to get the next color?

Thank you!

Comment by Blaudioslave on July 21, 2015 at 10:45am

Yes! Thanx! Finally i could finish my first simple work :D
Now i can start to try more complex ones :)
Thanx a million!

Comment by Elizabeth Ligeti. on July 20, 2015 at 10:05pm

Oh good!  I am doing it correctly, then!!!!!!! :)

Comment by Alessandra on July 20, 2015 at 1:31am

Hallo Blaudioslave,
Sorry I didn't understand your question...yes, as Elizabeth says, after the last knot, which in a square should always be on the upper left angle, you make a couple of back and forth stitches, passing the needle on the front and back of your work. Then you can cut the thread. When you will wash your work, then all the fibers will mix and the thread will be perfectly secured. Hope I answered this time, let me know.
Alessandra

Comment by Elizabeth Ligeti. on July 19, 2015 at 9:26pm

I understand , I think, what you are asking.  I have not done much puncetto, but I have done some other knotted lace.

Theoretically (!!)  the last knot should be tight enough, I believe, to hold when the thread is cut off close to the knot.  I know my knots are not that tight!, So I usually try to run my needle and the end thread through a couple of stitches just to anchor it more securely, and then I trim it away closely.

I hope this helps.

Comment by Lorelei Halley on July 19, 2015 at 6:49pm

Blaudioslave

I do not do puncetto myself. We have several members who have tried it, but only a few who have had a lot of experience. Possibly the photos our members have posted might help (if no one else answers your question). This link below shows all the photos of puncetto on our site. Click on each picture then click on SHOW FULL SIZE (below the image on the right) to see all the detail. That may tell you enough. Some seem to have used the same stitch that makes the dense areas, working several rows. Some have added looped bars to the edge.

http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo/albums/puncetto-1

Comment by Blaudioslave on July 19, 2015 at 4:54pm

Hello,
hm i'm still looking for some help.
I'm not sure if i explained my trouble right. .. I'm looking for the way, how to finish my work. How is the very last knot like, before i cut off the thread?
I'm pretty much confused.

Comment by Blaudioslave on July 11, 2015 at 6:06am

Hello Alessandra,
thanx for the fast answer and the nice welcoming words! :)

Yes, i don't need to put the work into a fabric, but i don't really know what you mean with "little holes" or/and "little knots".

Maybe my question was also not so much clear.

I'm looking for the technic of the very last knot or stitch, or what else i need to do before i cut off the thread.
(i'm afraid, if i just cut it off, right next to the last knot, the knot will reopen itself again, by the time)

Any help appreciated :)

Comment by Lorelei Halley on July 9, 2015 at 7:03pm

Alessandra - thanks, good photos.

Comment by Alessandra on July 8, 2015 at 6:13pm

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Hallo Blaudioslave,

if you intend to insert your work in some fabric, then you finish like the attached picture 01 (only one line of "little holes" -> "buchi piccoli" is the translation), then you fix it on the fabric, cut the exceeding fabric underneath the square and sew it.

If you don't need to insert the square in some fabric, then it's nice to do the line of "little holes", and then go back closing the work with te little knots you see in picture 2.

Hope it's clear, it's not so easy to explain puncetto without showing it...

pls let me know if you need further info, I'm glad that puncetto is appreciated all over the world!

Alessandra

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