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.

Soaring mountains, permanent glaciers, and sheer expanse make up Wrangell-St. Elias, the largest of all the national parks. This Alaskan park contains the junction of four mountain ranges, as well as Mt. St. Elias (the second highest peak in the US) and Mt. Wrangell (one of the largest active volcanoes in the US). Glacier hiking is a major draw for the park. This square draws inspiration from aerial photography of Wrangell-St. Elias’s Root Glacier. A bright ice-blue crevasse snakes through a field of white, represented by an organic trail of openwork revealing aqua backing underneath.

This Pattern:

If you purchase this pattern, you will receive only the pattern for the Wrangle-St. Elias 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.