Medallion Pattern

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Medallion Pattern

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, 1 s st in 2nd st from hook, 1 s st in each next 2 sts, * (turn, ch 1, 1 s st in each next 3 s sts) 3 times, ch 9, sl st to the lower point of square just made, ch 1, 1 s st in each next 4 sts on ch-9. Repeat from * until there are 3 squares j together for center, ch 5, sl st in 1st point of 1st square. Sl st to center of 1st square. 2nd row: Ch 12, * 1 tr in sp, ch 9, 1 tr in point of next square, ch 9. Repeat from * around, j in 3rd st of ch-12 with sl st. 3rd row: Ch 1, * (7 s sts, p, 7 s sts) in next sp, 1 s st in next tr of last row. Repeat from * around, j with sl st. 4th row: Ch 4, 3 d tr in same st with ch-4, * ch 9, (sk 7 s sts, p, 7 s sts) 4 d tr in next s st of last row. Repeat from * around, j in 4th st of ch-4. 5th row: Ch 5, 11 s sts in next sp, * ch 4, 11 s sts in next sp. Repeat from * around, j to ch-1. 6th row: Sl st 1 st, ch 4, 1 d tr in each next 3 sts, holding last st of each d tr on hook, working off all at same time, * ch 9, sk 4 s sts of last row, 1 d tr in next st, ch 9, sk 4 s sts of last row, 1 d tr in each next 4 ch sts, holding last st of each d tr on hook, working off all at same time. Repeat from * around, j in top of 1st cluster with sl st. 7th row: Ch 3, 11 tr in each sp, 1 tr in each d tr and cluster of last row, j in 3rd st of ch-3. 8th row: * Ch 7, sk 5 tr of last row, 1 s st in next st. Repeat from * around. 9th row: (4 s sts, p, 4 s sts) in each loop around.