Inspired by her favorite tablecloth with a border and floral interior, Joey challenged us to use a border tangle and then add tangles inside, repeating the pattern. After I finished my tile, I noticed Joey said to repeat the pattern. Oops. So here’s my (incorrect) tile with Balo as the (bottom) border tangle, then N’Zeppel and […]
Joey’s Weekly Zentangle Challenge 48
This week Joey’s Weekly Zentangle Challenge #48 moved away from hearts to polka dots. She challenged us to place dots on our tiles and fill each one with a different tangle—no overlapping dots, no repeating patterns. Well, my tile strayed from the rules. Although I don’t have overlapping dots, I do have repeated tangles. 🙂 […]
N’Zeppel By the Sea
You know how they say that once you start tangling, you’ll see patterns everywhere? A few days ago, I was taking a (long) walk along the shoreline of Crystal Cove in Newport Beach, California when I noticed NZeppel in lots of rock formations. Take a look. Here’s the rock pattern: And here’s a Zentangle tile I […]
It’s a String Thing Tangle Challenge 64
Everyone’s got Halloween on their mind this week, and this week’s string thing challenge was no exception. Adele Bruno challenged tanglers to tangle a Zentangle tile using String Pattern 095 by Sandra Hart. The string resembles various sizes of a Halloween favorite—candy corn. I was thrilled to see N’Zeppel as a suggested tangle as we practiced it […]
It’s a String Thing Tangle Challenge 44
This week Adele Bruno of Tickled to Tangle challenged us to mix two grid-based tangle patterns and two free-flowing ones. Anne Marks created the selected string design. Turning the string on its side reminded me of a fish in the sea. Or a symbolic image to fathers who are/were a great catch. Tangle Patterns Neuron Navaho ‘Nzeppel Nipa […]
