Black Rock City Shawl
by Virginia Catherall
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Black Rock City Shawl
Every year on the Black Rock Desert Playa a festival of immense proportions takes place called Burning Man. With around 70,000 participants in the festival, a temporary city is created for one week called Black Rock City. It is arranged as a series of concentric streets in an arc around the Burning Man sculpture. Radial streets called Avenues extend from the sculpture out to the edges and are given a clock designation, for example, 6:00 or 6:15. Such precise city planning creates a beautiful symmetry that begs to be lifted off the playa and wrapped around you. This piece was created as an Artist-in-Residence at Black Rock Desert National Conservation Area.
For more information, see:
http://www.lakesaltknit.com/2015/08/black-rock-city-...
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by Malabrigo Yarn
Sport
100% Merino
334 yards
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