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Knitting the National Parks: 63 Easy-to-Follow Designs for Beautiful Beanies
Author: Nancy Bates
From the brightly colored pebbles of Lake McDonald in Montana’s Glacier National Park to the regal granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome in California’s Yosemite Valley, the US National Parks contain some of the most recognizable and iconic natural landmarks in the world. Capture the majesty each national park offers with original beanie patterns created by knitting designer and outdoor enthusiast Nancy Bates.
Beanies range from simple beanie constructions to more challenging stitch patterns such as the two-color crossovers inspired by South Dakota’s Badlands or the multiple cable designs inspired by New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns. Clear charts, easy-to-read keys, and thorough instructions help any knitter, whether beginner or experienced, through these gratifying projects. Show your love and appreciation of our national parks with these beautiful and practical beanie projects you can wear any time or any place.
Nancy Bates is the founder and entrepreneur of Nancy Bates Designs—National Park Inspired and the author of Knitting California (2023). She has been knitting and crocheting for 45 years and is passionate about making knitting fun and attainable. Her designs bring oodles of color and texture to the small canvas of a beanie where every stitch counts and every design is a chance to learn something new. Find her at nancybatesdesigns.com where she also sells knitting kits for her beanie designs.
Overall rating: 4.7777777 / 5 from 9 reviews.
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"I bought this for inspiration to my Christmas stocking knitting. . . I am oh so pleased! The creativity of the designers was beyond my expectation. . . how they took the visual into the knitting graph was truly exceptional. Can't wait to see how my stockings turn out now!"
"I have knitted only one of the patterns so far. It turned out great! The pattern was well written and the colors used in the model well represented the colors of the Grand Canyon. I had a hard time choosing which hat to knit first, out of the 63 choices, but since I live in the ""Grand Canyon"" state, I thought that was the most appropriate. I plan to knit many more, maybe all of them eventually. You won't be disappointed if you buy this book."
"The book is beautiful. The Katmai hat on the cover will be my first project and what inspired me to buy the book. Unfortunately, a lot of patterns are too abstract for my taste and disappointed me."
"I’ve knitted two Zion hats and two Katmai hats. Still newish to stranded knitting so learned a lot. Regarding the decreases in the Katmai hat, the nine stitches (in the center of the first decrease row) surprised me. I only discovered my error of assuming the after several rows. I understand the reason for the oddity but a heads up hint to pay attention it would help. First time I’d run across a grid that didn’t point it out. Otherwise, the hats turned out fun. I added beaded yarn for dew in the Zion hat, and replaced the brown branches (?—Looked like chocolate syrup to me) with blue for the sky. I look forward to knitting more hats from the book."
"I am not a knitter. I bought this for a gift for my sister."
"Easy to follow patterns and yarn colors can be your choice (great stash buster). Love projects that look like you took a long time but knitted up quick and impressive. I did downsize my needles but I’m a loose crochet/ knitter."
"Lovely book ,great patterns, grandkids love national parks so plan to do their favorites for the holidays ."
"Looking forward to knitting a few of these hats as gifts!"
"Used 128 superwash cascade yarn. Did 4 hats that came out gorgeous"
