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.

Great Basin National Park is located in eastern Nevada, close to the border with Utah. It lies in the heart of the basin and range landscape just off U.S. 40, nicknamed “The Loneliest Road.” Great Basin is one of the darkest places in the country and a world-class place for stargazing. The park is also home to some of the oldest trees on the continent -- bristlecone pines, which are well adapted to the windy and dry environment and can have little to no needles.

This Pattern:

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