When I hand quilt, I have a knot at the end of all of my thread. I bury my knot, at 3/4" from where I, start to hand quilt. And after, I hands quilt, a area, I have a knot, and bury it, and then, after, I bury that knot, I pull the thread(knot), to me. And make another knot and bury the 2nd knot, and pull/push it away from me. 1 knot will be ok, but I sometimes do a 2nd knot.