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.

Olympic National Park is located in Washington State on the Olympic Peninsula. Created as a National Monument in 1909, it became a National Park in 1938, and is currently a designated World Heritage Site. The park is on an isolated peninsula with a convergence of three distinct ecosystems; each with their own outstanding beauty and scenery. The park contains: pristine sub-alpine forest topped with massive ancient glaciers, represented by the white of the knitted square; temperate forest, represented by the green knitting; and rugged Pacific shoreline, represented by blue.

This Pattern:

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