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Epitaphs · Because I could not stop for Death
“Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me –” Emily Dickinson, Poems (1890). A filet wall hanging for beginners, number 4 of the Epitaphs series: the longest text in the series and a fringe.
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- Skill level
- Beginner
- Size
- about 36 × 67.5 cm before finishing (72 × 135 meshes)
- Yarn
- DelicaMax crochet cotton, about 580 m (2 balls of 100 g)
- Hook or needles
- 1.5 mm crochet hook, a wooden dowel 1–1.5 cm thick
- Gauge
- a mesh of about 5 mm: 20 meshes and 20 rows = 10 cm
- Files
- PDF · English and Polish · 13 pages each
About this pattern
In Emily Dickinson’s poem, Death arrives like a courteous gentleman in a carriage and takes the speaker on an unhurried ride towards eternity. Seven lines of blackletter with a large “Death” fill the hanging, and at the bottom a frieze of two lily-of-the-valley sprigs carries skulls instead of bells. A border of openwork crosses runs round it.
The Epitaphs are four wall hangings with quotes from classic gothic literature, set in a blackletter alphabet built from meshes: every thick stroke is 2 meshes, every thin one 1 mesh. Each hanging has a different edging, so together they teach step by step. All four are also available as a set.
This is a beta pattern: the chart has been checked, but the hanging hasn't been made yet. If anything needs fixing, the corrected version reaches you for free through your download link.
What's inside
- The chart on 3 pages, with numbered rows
- Every row written out, mesh by mesh
- Filet basics for beginners
- Finishing: the channel for the dowel, a fringe along the bottom, blocking
- A code for the guided row counter on this site
- A free filet basics video tutorial
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