Four muffatee patterns from A Workwoman's Guide (2d. ed., 1840), p.262; illustrations on pl.21. Note that the third muffatee is clearly not shown in Fig.26 (which is of a sock, the "Child's Long Sock" from p.257), but presumably Fig.46.
Here are four muffatee patterns from A Workwoman's Guide. The first is worked in three rows of knit stitch and three rows of purl ("turn stitch"). The illustration clearly shows an edging, though none is given in the pattern; you could work a selvage as you knit, or add a border afterwards.
The second is in garter stitch ("plain knitting") -- 28 ridges ("ribs") in the original, though of course this should be adjusted to suit the wool and the wearer. This illustration also clearly shows an edging in addition to the fringe added at the end.
The third muffatee -- "extremely pretty"! -- is worked in a two-color rib, with a 3-stitch border in garter stitch in one color, worked as you go. Note that two-color rib will produce vertical stripes, while the illustration appears to show horizontal ones.
The fourth muffatee is worked in alternate sections of garter st and double knitting, though the sequence given is perhaps not as clear to the modern knitter as might be desired.
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