Jrob and others:

I thought we are supposed to leave a little bit of lace at the front of our systems. Does this only apply to sfs lace, but with french lace you should cut it all the way to the hairline to avoid puckering? I ask this in particular because I just got my first french lace piece and I experienced puckering on first attachment (i leave 1/8"+ of lace at front).

Does the disadvantage of cutting the lace up to the hairline on SFS exist on French lace? In other words, does cutting all the lace on french solve the puckering issue but cause the other problem (the one when doing that with sfs).

What's the deal here?