Instructions to make these “Open Knit Cuffs” appear in the 1844 edition of The Practical Companion to the Work-table: Containing Directions for Knitting, Netting, & Crochet Work by Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson. This modern edition of the pattern has been translated and brought up to date for the contemporary knitter. Finished objects produced using this pattern may be worn by re-enactors looking to wear authentic items that could have been knit in the middle of the 19th Century.