This tiny edging from 1859 was published in The Ladies’ Handbook of Fancy and Ornamental Work by Florence Hartley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The edging can be blocked to border a center circle from 1” to several inches in diameter or, if the header is blocked straight, the edging will have large, relaxed ruffles which were used for collars and petticoat hems in 1859. I rewrote the instructions in current standard U.S. knitting terms.

With just 4 pattern rows and 8 to 12 stitches per row, it works up quickly. Skills needed are cast on, slip, knit, purl, slip1-slip1-knit-together (SSK), yarn over, double yarn over and bind off. No short rows!

9 sts/inch and 13 rows/inch with #10 crochet thread and #2 needles in blocked edging pattern
Gauge is not important in this pattern. Any block-able thread/yarn and any size needles will work. Make a swatch to check.

1 yard of #10 thread will make about 5 rows of this pattern in the above gauge.