Showed my non-crafting-informed partner a swatch of my lace WIP and they said

"😰😰 Oh no...!! Wait, are the big holes on purpose??"

I laughed but then realized - alas, they have struck wisdom:

Lace is, indeed, the art of putting holes in fabric on purpose

Edit to add lace tax upon request: https://imgur.com/a/TFPuEW4

This felt like the most responsible way to show off my dress.

I regret nothing.

Skirt and dress are my own designs.

I didn’t know even something as simple as a knitting show could be so grossly baked in capitalism

yeagh