
Reading a lace chart row by row
A printed chart, a pencil and the habit of ticking each row as I finish it.

November 3, 2026 · 21 min
A short letter every other Thursday about one shawl, one stitch and one thing the flat in Vilnius taught me.

A printed chart, a pencil and the habit of ticking each row as I finish it.

How a skein feels in the hand, and why I wind it in the courtyard when the light is good.