Designed for the Mirror by Racheal Abraham. (click on the photo for a larger view)
from the Australian Woman’s Mirror. October 2, 1945
Materials
USE No. 80 mercer crochet cotton.
Abbreviations
- Ds, double stitch;
- p, picot;
- ch, chain;
- sep, separated;
- rep, repeat;
- r, ring;
- med, medallion.
Commence as follows
Top Medallion
With shuttle and ball thread ring 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds, close.
Ch 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds
R 3 ds, p, 3 ds, join to 4th p of last r, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, close.
Ch 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 els, 3 ds.
Rep until you have 7 r and ch.
Join, tie and cut (taking care to join 4th p of 7th r to 2nd p of 1st r).
Second Medallion
R 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds, close.
Ch 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds.
R 3 ds, p, 3 ds, join to 4th p of last r,
3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, close.
Ch same as last.
Next Ring: Same as last and in all future rings.
Ch 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, join to middle p of one of the ch of 1st medallion, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds.
Next ch 3 ds, 7 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds.
Rep this ch until you complete medallion (7 rings and chains), tie and cut.
Third Medallion
R as in previous med.
Ch 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds, join to middle p of a ch (leaving one free ch between) to the 1st med.
Three ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds.
Now do 2 more ch of 5 ps sep by 3 ds.
Then 4 more ch of 7 ps sep by 3 ds. Tie and cut.
Now do the little four leaf clover which joins the med.
R 8 ds, p, 8 ds, close.
R 8 ds, join to last med made by the middle p of the middle ch (of the 5 p ch) , 8 ds, close.
R 8 ds, join to 1st med made by the middle p, 8 ds, close.
R 8 ds, join to 2nd med in like manner, 8 ds, close.
Fourth Medallion
R as in others, ch 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds, join to middle p of the remaining 5 p ch, 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds.
Ch 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds, join to the free r of the four leaf clover, 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds.
Ch 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds, join to 2nd med made in like manner, 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds.
Continue doing four more bars of 7 ps sep by 3 ds, join, tie and cut.
This completes the corner.
Any edging may be joined to this corner, but the directions for the one used are as follows:
R 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds, close.
Ch 3 ds, join to 4th p of 2nd ch from top, 3 ds, 4 ps sep 3 ds, 3 ds.
R 4 ds, join to 3rd p of last r, 4 ds, p, 4 ds, p, 4 ds.
Ch 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds.
R 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds, join to last p of last r, 3 ds, 2 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds, close.
Ch 4 ds, p, 4 ds.
R 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds, close.
R 3 ds, 5 ps sep by 3 ds, close.
Ch 3 ds, join to 2nd last ch by the 1st p, 4 ps sep by 3 ds, 3 ds.
Continue all round.
Copyright Sarah Bradberry, June 29th 2013. All rights reserved.