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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 4, catch back in 3rd st from hook for p) 4 times, j in 1st st for r. 2nd row: Ch 13, (1 d tr between next 2 p, ch 9) 3 times, j in 4th st of ch-13. 3rd row: Ch 1, 9 s sts in each sp around, j with sl st. 4th row: * Ch 3, (sk 1 s st of last row, 1 tr in next st, ch 2) 3 times, sk 1 s st, 1 tr in next st, ch 3, sk 1 s st, sl st in next st, turn, 3 s sts in sp, (1 s st in next tr of last row, 2 s sts in next sp) 3 times, 1 s st in next tr, 3 s sts in next sp, sl st in sl st, turn, 1 s st in each next 16 s sts, turn, ch 3, (1 tr in next st, ch 2, sk 1 s st) 7 times, 1 tr in next st, ch 3, sl st in next st, 1 s st in each next 12 s sts of last row. Repeat from * around, j with sl st. 5th row: Sl st up side of 1st sp 2 sts, ch 1, 2 s sts in same sp, * (1 s st in next tr of last row, 2 s sts in next sp) 5 times, 1 s st in next tr, ch 6, turn, sk 3 sts, 1 d tr in next st, ch 6, sk 3 sts, sl st in next st, turn, 5 s sts, p, 3 s sts in sp, 1 s st in d tr, 3 s sts, p, 5 s sts in next sp, (2 s sts in next sp, 1 s st in next tr) twice, 2 s sts in next sp, (ch 2, sk 1 s st of last row, 1 tr in next st) 5 times, ch 2, 2 s sts in next sp. Repeat from * around, j to 1st s st. 6th row: Ch 5, 3 tr tr in same st with ch-5, * ch 5, sk 8 s sts of last row, 4 tr tr in next st, ch 7, 4 tr tr in center s st between the 2 p, ch 7, sk 5 s sts beyond the 2nd p, 4 tr tr in next s st, ch 5, sk 8 s sts, 4 tr tr in next s st, (ch 5, sk 2 tr of last row, 4 tr tr in next tr) twice. Repeat from * around, j in 5th st of ch-5 with sl st. 7th row: Ch 1, 1 s st in each next 3 tr tr of last row, ch 5, turn, sl st in ch-1, turn, (3 s sts, p, 3 s sts) in loop, 6 s sts in next sp, * (1 s st in each next 4 tr tr, ch 5, turn, sl st in 4th s st, turn, (3 s sts, p, 3 s sts) in loop, 8 s sts in next sp) twice, (1 s st in each next 4 tr tr, ch 5, turn, sl st in 4th s st, turn, (3 s sts, p, 3 s sts) in loop, 6 s sts in next sp) 4 times. Repeat from * around, j to ch-1 with sl st.