Perretta's Trick - Gothic Cross Stitch Pattern
This pattern is based on an illustration from a 1674 poem, The Devil of Pope-Fig Island.
Perretta, the hero, tricks the devil into thinking her vulva is actually a wound and gives him a scare...
Said she, the wretch has used me very ill;
Of cruelty he has obtained his fill;
For God's sake try, my lord, to get away:
Just now I heard the savage fellow say,
He'd with his claws your lordship tear and slash:
See, only see, my lord, he made this gash;
✷ Included ✷
- A multi-page Pattern Keeper compatible chart
Digital Pattern
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Total colors: 1
Fabric color: Black or any dark
Stitches: 350x422 (~24,266 total)
✷ Sizes ✷
- 14 count 25.0 x 30.1 inches (63.5 x 76.6 cm)
- 16 count 21.9 x 26.4 inches (55.6 x 67.0 cm)
- 18 count 19.4 x 23.4 inches (49.4 x 59.5 cm)
- 20 count 17.5 x 21.1 inches (44.5 x 53.6 cm)
- 22 count 15.9 x 19.2 inches (40.4 x 48.7 cm)
- 25 count 14.0 x 16.9 inches (35.6 x 42.9 cm)
















