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 17, 1 tr in 8th st from hook, (ch 2, sk 2 sts, 1 tr in next st) 3 times, turn. 2nd row: Ch 5, * 1 tr in next tr, ch 2, repeat from * across, turn. Repeat 2nd row until there are 4 rows of sps to form a square. 1st row around center: Ch 3, 2 tr in same sp, * ch 3, 1 tr in next tr, ch 3, (3 tr, ch 5, 3 tr) in corner sp, repeat from * around, j to 1st tr. 2nd row: Sl st back to center of corner sp, ch 3, 2 tr in same sp, * ch 6, s st in the single tr of last row, ch 6, (3 tr, ch 5, 3 tr) in corner sp, repeat from * around, j to 1st tr. 3rd row: Sl st back to center of corner sp, ch 3, 2 tr in same sp, * ch 8, 1 s st in center of next sp, ch 4, 1 s st in center of next sp, ch 8, (3 tr, ch 5, 3 tr) in corner sp, repeat from * around, j to 1st tr. 4th row: Sl st back to center of corner sp, ch 3, 2 tr in same sp, * ch 9, 1 s st in center of next sp, ch 7, 1 s st in center of next sp, ch 9, (3 tr, ch 5, 3 tr) in corner sp, repeat from * around, j to 1st tr. 5th row: Sl st back to center of corner sp, ch 3, 2 tr in same sp, * (ch 7, sl st in center of next sp) 3 times, ch 7, (3 tr, ch 5, 3 tr) in corner sp, repeat from * around, j to 1st tr. 6th row: Sl st back to center of corner sp, ch 3, 2 tr in same sp, * (ch 8, 3 tr in same st with sl st of last row) 3 times, ch 8, (3 tr, ch 5, 3 tr) in corner sp, repeat from * around, j to 1st tr.