Coutume—French for tradition, habit, or custom—is a timeless, delicately textured baby blanket that mixes Aran cabling traditions with eyelet lace motifs for a fabric that is both textural and light. The tidy I-cord cast-on forms a polished foundation for the blanket, which continues directly into the blanket’s edging and through to an I-cord bind-off finish. This cleanly trimmed piece is a joy to work for detail lovers and results in a handsome fabric that will be worthy of any newborn’s sacred presence in our world.

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Please note: the stitch patterns used for this blanket include written as well as charted instructions.

Construction

Blanket is worked flat in one piece from the bottom up.

Finished Dimensions

Cradle Blanket (Stroller Blanket, Lap Blanket)

• W: 15½″/39.5 cm × L: 30″/76 cm (W: 31¼″/79.5 cm × L: 36″/91.5 cm, W: 38″/96.5 cm × L: 48″/122 cm)

Yarn

• 499 (1208, 1959) yards [456 1105, 1791) meters] of DK-weight wool yarn
• Stroller Blanket size shown in Brooklyn Tweed Arbor (145 yards/50 g) in color Alizarin
• Cradle Blanket size shown in Brooklyn Tweed Re•Ply Rambouillet (130 yards/ 45 g) in color Root

Gauge

23 stitches & 28 rows = 4″/10 cm in blocked Coutume Pattern

Needles

One 32″/80 cm or longer circular needle in size
needed to obtain gauge

• Suggested size: US 6/4 mm

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included:

• Provisional Crochet Cast-On
• Reading Charts
• Grafting
• Blocking

Skill Level

3 out of 5: Intermediate