Speaking as a relative newcomer to bobbin Lace, I think if I were going to
teach a newbie, I would start with a tape lace. Lynx lace.com has good
introductory lessons. This lace type presents the basic stitches, sewing,
rounding a curve, edge stitches but only uses a small number of bobbins.
One reason for starting with Torchon is that is geometric on 45 degrees and if
you make a mistake such as not closing the pin or forgetting a twist it is
soo obvious and it might not be so obvious in other laces. So it's great
if you're the type of person who wants to know that their work is
I was pleased to read this, it makes a huge amount of sense and I learned
this first going on to bucks beds etc. There are lots I haven't tackled but
am usually happy working what I make. I used to get very angry at my
mistakes, but am much more forgiving these days. Made a stupid mistake
