I finished
this piece a couple months ago while on vacation at my in-laws in the Shawnee
National Forest in Illinois. The triangular shawl is inspired by some wonderful
days spent in a gorgeous remote wilderness in Black Rock Desert called Soldier
Meadows.
Soldier Meadows, north of the playa in Black Rock
Desert is a high plateau wilderness that is desolate, unique, and vastly
beautiful. A critical habitat for many plants and animals, the varied colored
landscape is alive with wildlife. The lone cabin is first-come-first-use and
can give you complete solitude in a sea of desert color.
I photographed my mother-in-law wearing it in the
lush southern Illinois landscape but you can still see the vast landscape of
sagebrush and rabbit brush in the final piece.
It was a really fun one to design and to knit.
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