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.

Yosemite National Park, established in 1890, is located in the central Sierra Nevada mountains of California. It is known for stunning waterfalls and spectacular grantitic formations -- such as Half Dome. It is also where John Muir first conceived of his glacial erosion hypothesis, and the jumping off point for the National Park system. Furthermore, some of the most iconic and spectacular black and white photography of Ansel Adams is from his time in Yosemite. The designer wanted to give a nod to Ansel Adams by knitting this square in grey and trying to capture the view from Glacier Point with different stitch textures.

This Pattern:

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