This pattern comes from Weldon’s Practical Knitter, Number 132, Thirty-Third Series (1896). It is also published in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 11, Interweave Press, 2004.

The original pattern, “intended for a young child of about eighteen months or two years…are most beautifully worked in a close fancy striped stitch, shaped at the seam to show the calf and leg to the greatest advantage.” It calls for “Saxony wool or beehive yarn, and “four steel knitting needles, No. 14” (modern equivalent 2mm/US 0.) A larger size may be worked by using “a thicker wool and No. 12 needles (modern equivalent 2.5mm/US 2.) The finished gaiter should “measure 9” in length” for the smaller size.

As with most 19th century patterns, there is no gauge/tension stated in the pattern. As noted, a finished length is given but no other measurements such as width. The pattern is written entirely in text and there are no charts. There is, however, an illustration.