Knitted Medallion, figure 479

From The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont (third edition, edited by Rita Weiss and Jean Leinhauser).

Cast on 4 stitches and work in the round. To bind off: “Take the 1st st. on a crochet hook (in the repetitions, crochet this st. separately), **make 9 chain and 1 double crochet joining the next 2 sts., repeat twice from **; crochet the next 5 sts. separately, *** join the next 2 sts., 9 chain, repeat from *** three times; *. Join to the 1st st. and break off the thread.”

Shown with a cast-on count of 2 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Rounds 1 and 4: *Yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 2 sts).
  • Rounds 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, and 45: Knit.
  • Round 6: *Yo, k3, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 6 sts).
  • Round 8: *Yo, k1, p3tog, k1, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 10: *Yo, k5, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 8 sts).
  • Round 12: *Yo, k2, p3tog, k2, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 14: *Yo, k7, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 10 sts).
  • Round 16: *Yo, k3, p3tog, k3, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 18: *Yo, k9, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 12 sts).
  • Round 20: *Yo, k4, p3tog, k4, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 22: *Yo, k11, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 14 sts).
  • Round 24: *Yo, k5, p3tog, k5, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 26: *K1, yo, k11, yo, k2, repeat from * (multiple of 16 sts).
  • Round 28: *Yo, ssk, yo, k4, p3tog, k4, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 30: *K2tog, yo, k1, yo, k9, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 18 sts).
  • Round 32: *[Yo, ssk] twice, yo, k3, p3tog, k3, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 34: *[K2tog, yo] twice, k1, yo, k7, yo, k1, [yo, ssk] twice, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 20 sts).
  • Round 36: *[Yo, ssk] 3 times, yo, k2, p3tog, k2, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 38: *[K2tog, yo] 3 times, k1, yo, k5, yo, k1, [yo, ssk] 3 times, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 22 sts).
  • Round 40: *[Yo, ssk] 4 times, yo, k1, p3tog, k1, [yo, k2tog] 4 times, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Round 42: *[K2tog, yo] 4 times, k1, yo, k3, yo, k1, [yo, ssk] 4 times, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 24 sts).
  • Round 44: *[Yo, ssk] 5 times, yo, p3tog, [yo, k2tog] 5 times, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Rounds 46-49: Purl.
  • Round 50: *[Yo, ssk] twice, yo, p3, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 14 sts).
  • Round 51: *K5, p3, k6, repeat from *.
  • Round 52: *Yo, k1, [yo, ssk] twice, p3, [k2tog, yo] twice, k1, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 16 sts).
  • Round 53: *K6, p3, k7, repeat from *.
  • Round 54: *Yo, k1, [yo, ssk] twice, k1, p3, k1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k1, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 18 sts).
  • Round 55: *K7, p3, k8, repeat from *.
  • Round 56: *[Yo, k1] 3 times, [yo, ssk] twice, p3tog, [k2tog, yo] twice, [k1, yo] 3 times, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 22 sts).
  • Round 57: *K9, sl1-k2tog-psso, k10, repeat from * (multiple of 20 sts).