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.

Yellowstone National Park is located in Wyoming, but oozes slightly into Montana and Idaho. It was established as a National Park in 1872 and is known primarily for the Old Faithful geyser and its wildlife (especially the bison). Grand Prismatic Spring gets its rainbow hues from different extremophile bacterial colonies that are content to live in certain temperature zones within this geothermal pool. The designer chose this feature for this square because she wanted to design a motif something like a knit version of a granny-square.

This Pattern:

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