I took a break from doing the many pieces I
have in the works for my Great Basin Artist in Residency to create a lacy shawl
patterned after tundra swans. They are beginning to migrate again through
northern Utah and are so beautiful soaring in the sky that I had to stop and
create something. I have put the pattern in my Ravelry store if anyone else
wants to create one. Now back to knitting and remembering the beautiful Great Basin
National Park!
Caption
from pattern:
Tundra
swans migrate through the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area in Utah
twice each year. In the fall, about 40,000 swans fly through on their way to
California where they spend the winter. Then in the spring, they fly back to the
Arctic tundra. With a massive wingspan of up to six feet a wedge of Tundra
Swans can dominate the skies during migration. A bevy of these birds create a graceful
dance in the sky.
