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 to 3rd st of ch-6. 2nd row: Ch 3, * (2d tr in sp, 1 d tr in next d tr) twice, 2 d tr in next sp, ch 4, 1 d tr in next d tr, repeat from * around, ch 4, j with sl st to ch-3. 3rd row: * Ch 12, sk 7 d tr, sl st in next d tr, sl st across to next d tr, repeat from * around. 4th row: 6 s sts, ch 5, 6 s sts over each loop and 4 s sts over each sp around. 5th row: Sl st forward to ch-5, (ch 4, 2 d tr, ch 3, 3 d tr) in sp, * ch 7, sk 7 s sts, 1 tr in next st, ch 7, (3 d tr, ch 3, 3 d tr) in sp, repeat from * around, j with sl st. 6th row: Sl st to sp, ch 4, (3 d tr, ch 3, 4 d tr) in sp, * ch 6, sk 5 sts on ch of last row, 1 tr in next st, ch 3, sk 3 sts, 1 tr in next st, ch 6, (4 d tr, ch 3, 4 d tr) in next sp, repeat from * around, j with sl st. 7th row: Sl st to sp, ch 4, (4 d tr, ch 3, 5 d tr) in sp, * ch 9, 1 tr in center of small sp, ch 9, (5 d tr, ch 3, 5 d tr) in corner sp, repeat from * around, j with sl st. 8th row: Ch 1, 1 s st in each d tr, 2 s sts in each corner sp, and 9 s sts in each long sp, around, j with sl st.