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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 8, j for r, ch 4, (1 tr in r, ch 1) 15 times, j in 3rd st of ch-4. 2nd row: Ch 6, * 1 d tr in next tr of last row, ch 3, 1 d tr in next tr, ch 12, sl st back in top of d tr just made, ch 3. Repeat from * around, j in 3rd st of ch-6. 3rd row: Sl st up to center of ch-12 loop, * ch 10, sl st in center of next loop. Repeat from * around, j with sl st. 4th row: Sl st into sp, (ch 3, 4 tr, ch 5, 5 tr) in sp, * (5 tr, ch 5, 5 tr) in next sp. Repeat from * around, j to 1st tr. 5th row: * Ch 9, sl st in next sp, ch 9, sl st between the next 2 groups of tr of last row. Repeat from * around. 6th row: Sl st to center of loop, * ch 11, sl st in center of next loop, repeat from * around. 7th row: Sl st to center of loop, * ch 10, sl st in center of next loop, repeat from * around. 8th row: Sl st into sp, (ch 3, 4 tr, ch 5, 5 tr) in sp, * ch 2, (5 tr, ch 5, 5 tr) in next sp, repeat from * around, j to 1st tr.