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.

An incredibly diverse ecosystem inspired George Bird Grinnell to label Glacier National Park as the “Crown of the Continent”. Grinnell, inspired by the indescribable beauty of the region, invested two decades to protecting the land and designating it a National Park in 1910. Construction of the Going-to-the-Sun Road began a few years later and was one of the first National Park projects to accommodate the rise of the automobile tourist. The road, which is depicted in the square, was finished in 1932 and spans 53 miles through the center of the park.

This Pattern:

If you purchase this pattern, you will receive only the pattern for the Glacier 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.