This is a lace edging for circular doilies, hence the curl shown in the picture.

The pattern includes the original version and a modern version that has been totally rewritten and test knit.

This is a vintage pattern from Cornelia Mee’s 1846 book, Exercises in Knitting. The entire book can be viewed on the Gutenberg.org website. The book is a project being recorded and knitted by volunteers at the Librivox site.