Pattern Inspiration:

This year, 2016, is the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Smart Knits - a knitting group out of Logan, Utah - thought that a great way to celebrate the National Park Service and the sublime lands that it protects was to design a National Parks blanket. The blanket is made up of 60 blanket squares - one to celebrate each of the 59 National Parks and one square to celebrate the National Park Service itself.

The biodiversity of the American Southwest is at its best and most magical in Big Bend National Park. Big Bend was established in 1944 to protect the plants and animals that call this place home, including the more than 450 bird species and 56 species of reptiles. The Rio Grande River supports a wide range of wildlife and millennia of erosion have left scenic canyons. Big Bend National Park is filled with beautiful and unique geological sites, including the carved river channel depicted in this square’s pattern.

This Pattern:

If you purchase this pattern, you will receive only the pattern for the Big Bend National Park blanket square. If you would like to purchase a subscription to all of the blanket squares please buy the eBook.

All proceeds from this pattern will be donated to the National Park Foundation in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial.