Pattern reprinted in Interweave Knits “Knitsnotes,” a subscriber’s only newsletter from the early years of the the magazine.

From the newsletter:
“Materials Required - One one ounce ball of knitting silk. Set of four double-pointed needles. Stitch markers. (Editor’s note: We suggest using a fine fingering-weight yarn and size 0 (2mm) needles, or size necessary, to obtain a gauge of 10 stitches and 14 rows=1” (2.5cm) for a 6.25” (16cm) finished circumference; size 1 (2.25mm) needles for a gauge of 9 stitches = 1”(2.5cm) for a 7” (18cm) finished circumference.)”