This pattern comes from Weldon’s Practical Knitter, Number 125, Thirty-First Series (1896). It is also published in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 11, Interweave Press, 2004.

The original pattern calls for “Berlin wool” and “four steel knitting needles No. 17” (modern equivalent 1.50mm/US 000.)
These caps “are useful for protecting the points of knitting needles when work is to be carried about or packed.” The knitted caps cover small pieces of a divided wine cork with cotton wool in the “cap.” Tassells on top of the caps and a braided/plaited cord to join the two caps are also suggested.

As with most 19th century patterns, there is no gauge/tension stated in the pattern. There are also no stated finished dimensions. The pattern is written entirely in text and there are no charts. There is, however, an illustration.

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