The Butterfly | Papillon pattern felt almost right for my dear friend Carolyn, but it needed lace! I used Manos del Uruguay's Fino, a long-time favorite of mine that I hope to carry at the shop one day. The lace charts are on my project page on Ravelry. (You'll need to buy the pattern to use them, and they have not been tech edited or tested, so you'll need to be good at reading your stitches to ensure alignment across the breaks in sections. Experience with Japanese lace will be helpful.)

Carolyn's piece is inspired by kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery using gold. I am fascinated by asymmetry and love the interruptions in the lace patterns as the gold winds through, gluing the shattered pieces together and creating a piece with more intrigue than a seamless flow of lace would offer.