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Border medallion: Filet Crochet Chart Generator

This medallion separates three visual roles: a large diamond ring, a small central cross and four corner accents. The goal is a balanced square insert that reads as a framed emblem without requiring shaped corners in the fabric. The accents are solid mesh cells within the rectangle, not separately crocheted pieces.

Set the exact input record

Choose thirteen mesh columns and thirteen rows, US terms and the supplied binary design. The main ring follows a grid distance of four from the central cell: horizontal and vertical distances add to four. The inner feature uses distance one. Four additional solid cells sit at the second column or its mirror and the second row or its mirror. The center cell itself remains open, giving the small feature four arms.

Download this exact version-1 JSON design. Import it into the Filet Crochet Chart Generator. Ivory #F4F0E8 marks open cells and blue #243BCE marks solid cells; these are density labels, not yarn changes. Use one actual yarn color.

Select materials and mark the frame

Use a smooth yarn that makes the open field visible and a matching hook as a starting point. Sample the mesh before assigning the medallion a finished size. Count and mark the outer fabric boundaries independently of the picture's corner accents; confusing them would move the whole design inward. Keep a tapestry needle, scissors and a row checklist nearby. Work in one yarn color so apparent contrast comes from density, as intended.

Generated chart and complete instructions

Symbol Chart · filet USAdjacent cells share a boundary. Open mesh = ch2 + one boundary post;solid mesh = three posts.Ch3 counts as the first boundary post;blue box marks it. Dashed brown box = final boundary.Row 1 ← · 40 posRow 2 → · 40 posRow 3 ← · 40 posRow 4 → · 40 posRow 5 ← · 40 posRow 6 → · 40 posRow 7 ← · 40 posRow 8 → · 40 posRow 9 ← · 40 posRow 10 → · 40 posRow 11 ← · 40 posRow 12 → · 40 posRow 13 ← · 40 posSTART: 40 base chains + ch3 lift = 43 total chains. Initial lift is drawn at the right edge of Row1.Begin processing foundation at chain5 from the original hook position;an open mesh first skips two of those bases.Turn with ch3 on later rows,counting it as one boundary post. Every row: 13 cells and 40 positions including mesh chains;the three height chains count as one post.END after Row 13;fasten off and weave ends. Barred T = US dc / UK tr;oval = chain. Fill shows solid mesh,not a second yarn.Working yarn #F4F0E8;background mesh is open space.Working order · USSTART Row 1 ← · 40 positions (includingchains)Row 2 → · 40 positions (including chains)Row 3 ← · 40 positions (including chains)Row 4 → · 40 positions (including chains)Row 5 ← · 40 positions (including chains)Row 6 → · 40 positions (including chains)Row 7 ← · 40 positions (including chains)Row 8 → · 40 positions (including chains)Row 9 ← · 40 positions (including chains)Row 10 → · 40 positions (including chains)Row 11 ← · 40 positions (including chains)Row 12 → · 40 positions (including chains)END Row 13 ← · 40 positions (includingchains)Blue marker = first group; dashed = last group.Read chain / join / repeat details in linked steps.

Complete working sequence

  1. Ch 40 foundation chains, then ch 3 (counts as first boundary dc). Work the listed cells into the next unused foundation chains, starting at the fifth chain from hook before any mesh chains are added. ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  2. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  3. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  4. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  5. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  6. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  7. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  8. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  9. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  10. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  11. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  12. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.
  13. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 13 cells; 40 stitch positions including chains. Count 40.

Separate the overlapping ideas in the count

The outer diamond contributes sixteen solid cells, the inner cross contributes four and the corner accents contribute four. These sets do not overlap, so there are twenty-four solid cells in the 169-cell graph. Thirteen columns require forty stitch positions per row and forty-three starting chains. Across thirteen rows, 230 counted post positions plus 290 mesh chains give 520 positions. Thirteen boundary positions are represented by counted chains; 217 posts are worked double crochets.

Compare the upper-left accent with the other three before continuing beyond it. The outer ring must remain hollow: filling its interior would turn the emblem into a very different density design. The open central cell is equally intentional. These negative spaces are part of the specification, not missing instructions.

Repair a shifted accent or broken ring

If one corner accent is farther from the edge, count its column from the actual fabric boundary rather than from the nearest solid cell. If the diamond has a gap, compare mirrored positions on the same row before changing the next row. If all four accents lean visually, examine mesh gauge and edge tension; the graph can be centered while the fabric is stretched unevenly. Block a trial gently instead of forcing a faulty count into a square.

Use and archive the result

Use the medallion as a centered sampler tile, then choose surrounding fabric whose edge budget is designed separately. It is not an automatic blanket-border generator. Weave ends through existing post groups and keep the original SVG with your JSON. Review motif design when planning related emblems.

FAQ

Do the four accents require sewing? No. Are they corner increases? No; every row retains forty positions. Can the central cell be filled? Yes, as a new design with a new budget. No physical sample is claimed for this algorithm-checked medallion.

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