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 Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Western Colorado was established relatively recently in 1999. It is named not for the color of its rocks, but rather the darkness of its steep and narrow gorges, the deepest of which receives only half an hour of sunlight a day! The designer visited this park 4 years after its official designation and felt awestruck by its grandeur and beauty. This square depicts the dark 2500+ foot canyon walls and incredible narrow valley that contains the Gunnison River.

This Pattern:

If you purchase this pattern, you will receive only the pattern for the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 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.