Square Medallion Pattern

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Square 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 6, j for r, ch 6, (1 d tr in r, ch 2) 11 times, j in 4th st of ch-6 with sl st. 2nd row: Sl st to sp, (ch 4, 2 d tr, ch 3, 3 d tr) in same sp, * ch 5, sk 2 sps, (3 d tr, ch 3, 3 d tr) in next sp, repeat from * around, j with sl st. 3rd row: Sl st to corner sp, (ch 4, 3 d tr, ch 3, 4 d tr) in same sp, * ch 6, sl st in center of next sp, ch 6, (4 d tr, ch 3, 4 d tr) in next sp, repeat from * around, j with sl st. 4th row: Sl st to corner sp, (ch 4, 4 d tr, ch 3, 5 d tr) in same sp, * ch 12, (5 d tr, ch 3, 5 d tr) in next corner sp, repeat from * around, j with sl st. 5th row: Sl st to corner sp, (ch 4, 5 d tr, ch 3, 6 d tr) in same sp, * ch 8, sl st in center of ch of last row, ch 8, (6 d tr, ch 3, 6 d tr) in next sp, repeat from * around, j with sl st. 6th row: Ch 1, * 1 s st in each d tr, 2 s sts in sp, ch 5, sl st back in last s st for p, ch 7 for p, ch 5 for p, 1 s st in same sp, 1 s st in each next 6 d tr, 8 s sts over each next 2 sps, repeat from * around.