This pattern comes from Weldon’s Practical Knitter, Number 130, Thirty-Second Series (1896). It is also published in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 11, Interweave Press, 2004.

The original pattern calls for “Strutt’s knitting cotton,” “No. 8” in two colours (any but white, and four steel needles No. 14 (modern equivalent 2mm/US 0.) Cardboard and ribbons are also needed to complete the tidy which is a cone shaped receptacle for personal items that can be hung by its ribbons.

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