As ever, in the contrarian point of view.
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When I started following the lessons in Rosemary Shepherd's
"Introduction to Bobbin Lace" I ran smack into the issue of not being
able to finish lace well (invisibly). I worked on it some, but being
too new, I just couldn't figure it out. I tried Beds and had the
same problem. Open laces require clean finishes. So I just moved on
over to laces where I could hide my ends. Bucks, Flanders, Binche,
Milanese, etc. I FLED from Torchon, not because it was "only" a
beginner's lace or "just" something else, but purely because I felt I
couldn't do the lace justice without finishing it well. And since I
don't like lumpy lace, I had to leave it for a time (rather longer
than I expected, but art is long and life is short). Recently
attempted a s'Gravensmor lace and, as expected, ran into Torchon type
issues in which I lack experience (over and above the vertical half
stitch). But now I feel like I have the tricks in my bag to deal
with Torchon.
