Free Crochet Pattern - Crochet Medallion - Bourbon Rose Pattern for Antimacassar
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This is a 19th century Victorian pattern. The directions are the original ones (I abbreviated where I could) and are quite different -as you will notice- from today's "modern" abbreviated instructions.
Medallion: 6" diameter. I used a crochet hook size 7 & crochet thread size 10.
Begin with 4 chain,
join round; work 8 dc in the circle,
and join neatly round.
2nd round - 1 dc on 1st stitch
of last round, 3 chain, *1 dc on next,
3 chain, and repeat from *, making
8 loops of chain in the round.
3rd round - 1 dc, 3 trc, 1
dc, under each loop of 3 chain.
4th round - 1 dc at the back
between the 2 dc of last round, 4
chain, and repeat.
5th round - 1 dc, 4 trc, 1
dc, under each loop of 4 chain.
6th round - 1 dc at the back
between the 2 dc of last round, 5
chain, and repeat.
7th round - 1 dc, 5 trc, 1
dc under each loop of 5 chain.
8th round - 1 dc at the back,
6 chain, and repeat.
9th round - 1 dc, 6 trc, 1
dc, under each loop of 6 chain.
10th round - 1 dc at the back
of 7 chain, and repeat.
11th round - 2 slip stitches
along the loop of 7 chain, 3 chain
to stand for a trc, 1 trc under the
loop, 3 chain, 2 more trc in the same
place, 3 chain, * 2 trc under the
next loop, 3 chain, 2 more trc in
the same place, 3 chain, and repeat
from *.
12th round - Slip stitch into
the 1st loop of last round, 5 chain,
1 trc in the same loop, 5 chain, 1
trc, 3 chain, 1 trc, all in the same
loop, 2 chain, 1 dc under the next
loop, * 2 chain, 1 trc under the next
loop, 3 chain, 1 trc, 5 chain, 1 trc,
3 chain, 1 trc, all in the same place,
2 chain, 1 dc under the next loop,
2 chain, and repeat from *, and at
the end of the round, join into the
3rd stitch of the chain, and fasten
off.
13th round - 1 dc under any
loop of 5 chain, 13 chain, * 1 dc
under next loop of 5 chain, 13 chain,
and repeat from *.
14th round - Double crochet
on each stitch of last round.
15th round - 1 dc on the stitch
over dc of the 13th round, 9 chain,
miss 6, 1 dc on the next, 9 chain,
and repeat.
16th round - dc on each stitch
of last round excepting in the centre
stitch of chain where put 2 dc, join
evenly, and fasten off.
17th round - 2 trc in the 1st
of the 2 increased stitches of last
round, 3 chain, 2 trc in the next
stitch, 5 chain, and repeat.
18th round - 1 trc, 3 chain,
1 trc, 5 chain, 1 trc, 3 chain, 1
trc, all under the 3 chain loop of
last round, 2 chain, 1 dc under the
5 chain loop, 2 chain, and repeat.
This complete the rose medallion. Twenty medallions will make a fair size antimacassar; they are united by a stitch of single crochet worked (after doing 2 of the 5 chain stitches) into the corresponding 5 chain of another medallion. The small rose which fills the vacant space between 4 large roses is made by working as far as the 12th round, in process of which join to the surrounding loops of 5 chain of the large roses.