How to Knit the “Louis” Baby Blanket [Free Video Tutorial & Written Pattern!]

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If texture is what you’re looking for the Louis is the baby blanket pattern you’ve been waiting for! Combining stripes of stockinette with super textured stripes gives Louis the ultimate squish factor!

Louis is a 20 row repeat, but within this repeat there’s lots of repetition and minimal counting of stitches requires. This makes it perfect for an adventurous beginner to tackle – it looks far more complicated than it is!

yarn and sizing tips & tricks

The Louis baby blanket pattern is knitted all in one piece, from bottom to top. In order to accommodate all your stitches, I recommend using a set of circular needles (at least 100cm long) as straight needles just won’t be long enough to fit your stitches on comfortably.

I’ve chosen DK (aka Double Knitting, Light Worsted, 3 Weight) yarn for this project, but don’t let that stop you from knitting it in your own preferred weight of yarn.

My instructions produce a baby blanket approximately 60cm x 80cm, perfect for using as a cot, pram or travel blanket. But don’t let that stop you from knitting this blanket in any size you want! I think it would look great scaled up as a Sofa Throw, Quilt or Bedspread!

I’ve deliberately designed this knitting pattern to be super easy for you to adjust the size of your blanket to whatever size you want/need.

To make the blanket longer, you’ll need to work more repeats of the Middle Section (the top and bottom border are worked the same regardless of the size of blanket you knit).

To adjust the width of your blanket you’ll need to cast on more (or indeed less) stitches, it can easily be done by casting on an ODD number of stitches for the middle textured panel, and then adding an additional 18 stitches (9 for each side) for the garter stitch edging.

The super simple pattern repeat makes the Louis baby blanket knitting pattern ideal for when you really don’t want to have to sit and work out how many stitches you need to achieve the perfect size.

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Materials Needed

• 4mm Circular Needs (to recreate this blanket 100cm is a perfect length)
• 400g of DK Yarn – I used King Cole Cherished in Stonewash
• Scissors & Tapestry Needle for sewing in ends
• 2 Stitch Markers

written pattern

Bottom Edge

Foundation Row: Cast on 135 stitches. (I like to use the Long-Tail method)

Knit 15 rows as follows: K until final stitch, sl1pwyf

Main Pattern Repeat

Row 1 (RS): k9, pm, k until 9 stitches remain, pm, k8, sl1pwyf. 

Row 2 (WS): k9, sm, p until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 3: k9, sm, k until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 4: k9, sm, p until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 5: k9, sm, k until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 6: k9, sm, p until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 7: k9, sm, p until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 8: k9, sm, k until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 9: k9, sm, k until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 10: k9, sm, p1, *k1, p1* repeat *to* until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 11: k9, sm, k1, *p1, k1* repeat *to* until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 12: k9, sm, p until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 13: k9, sm, p until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 14: k9, sm, k until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 15: k9, sm, k until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 16: k9, sm, p1, *k1, p1* repeat *to* until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 17: k9, sm, k1, *p1, k1* repeat *to* until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 18: k9, sm, p until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 19: k9, sm, p until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Row 20: k9, sm, k until next marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf

Repeat Rows 1 – 20 12 times in total (slipping markers on row 1 instead of placing them), and then work rows 1-5 once more before moving on to top border.

I hope you love Louis just as much as I do! If you’re looking for more knitted baby blanket inspiration then why not take a look at Finley, Taylor or Noah.

Top Edge

Knit 15 rows as follows: K until final stitch, sl1pwyf. (Remove your stitch markers when working your first row of the border)

Final row (Row 16): Cast off knit wise with right side facing.

video tutorial

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