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These medallions make lovely decorations for bed linens, towels, luncheon sets, chair sets, and, if made of very fine thread, for handkerchiefs. For a medium size medallion, for bed linens, etc., use "Silkine" Crochet Cotton in size 30 with a No. 12 hook; for a finer medallion use size 50 with a No. 14 hook. For handkerchiefs use size 100, with a size 14 hook, crocheting very tightly. Gem Crochet Cotton is also lovely. For use with coarse linen, nothing is lovelier than De Luxe or Gem Ready-Shrunk Mercerized Cotton, and with these use a No. 7 hook.

1st row: Ch 5, a 2 d tr-cluster in 5th st from hook, (ch 7, a 3 d tr-cluster in same st with last cluster) 3 times, ch 7, j with sl st in point of 1st cluster. 2nd row: Ch 1, 9 s sts over each sp, 1 s st in each point of cluster around, j with sl st. 3rd row: Ch 4, * sk 2 s sts of last row, 1 d tr in next st, ch 4, 1 d tr in same st with last d tr. Repeat from * around, j in 3rd st of ch-4. 4th row: Ch-1, 6 s sts in each sp around, j with sl st. 5th row: Ch 4, 6 d tr in same st with ch-4, * ch 9, sk 5 s sts of last row, 7 d tr in next st. Repeat from * around, ch 9, j in 4th st of ch-4. 6th row: Sl st forward 3 sts, ch 5, (1 tr tr in same st with ch-5, 1 tr tr in next st, 2 tr tr in next st) worked into a cluster, * ch 7, 1 s st in next loop, ch 7, sk 2 d tr of next group, (2 tr tr in next st, 1 tr tr in next st, 2 tr tr in next st) worked into a cluster. Repeat from * around, ch 7, j in point of 1st cluster. 7th row: Sl st forward 4 sts on ch, ch 9, * 1 tr in next loop, ch 5. Repeat from * around, j in 4th st of ch-9 with sl st. 8th row: Ch 1, (3 s sts, p, 3 s sts) in each sp, 1 s st in each tr of last row around.