Silhouette Flower Medallion

Here's another piece from Melody Griffiths' 201 Crochet Motifs, Blocks, Projects and Ideas. This one is the silhouette flower medallion crocheted in Aunt Lydia's Classic Crochet Thread - #10 white. I used a Susan Bates B or 1 USA 2.25 mm aluminum hook. At 4.5" across it's probably too small to be of much use as anything except a coaster -- but it would still need something to edge it.

I think it would look great done in heavier cotton thread -- like you would use for a potholder. Maybe in white on a solid blue background as a snowflake or even a red on a solid green background as a poinsettia. You'd have to have a solid background to show off the pretty design but more importantly, to protect your fingers from slipping through the mesh and getting burned accidentally. Hmmmm. I wonder if I have some more heavy white cotton thread . . .