In Greek mythology Hera had a servant named Argus who had a hundred eyes¹ that she charged with keeping a watch over Io so that Zeus wouldn’t do, well, other things with Io. Zeus was very interested in doing said other things with Io and thus made his own minion/son (Hermes) kill Argus.

Hera in commemoration of her faithful servant placed the eyes of the Argus on the tails of peacocks. Moral of the story: When life kills your faithful giant servant, make fashion.

Ring lace, aka bird’s eye lace reminds adorns this top-down, raglan sleeved top. If belled sleeves aren’t your taste, the pattern does include instructions to finish with non-belled half-sleeves. Although the lace may seem scary, it is knit in the round with no pesky purled rows.

The lace is in both charted and written forms.