For the “It’s A String Thing” #117 challenge we are to make a monotangle using Adele’s brand new pattern Sand.  Adele has created a specially designed string for this challenge (included in her post). A step out for the pattern Sand is available here.

Sand is a lovely circle grid pattern. I like how versatile this pattern can be. For this challenge I chose to make a grid that covered the entire tile, but tried to vary the styling for each of the “quadrants” indicated by the string. The portion in red is intended to represent the area covered by the circle in the string.

As always, thank you Adele for the opportunity to stretch my tangling skills! I enjoyed trying out Sand, and am pleased with my resulting tile.

In “It’s A String Thing” challenge #108 we are asked to use string 108 (by CZT Joan Delony) from TanglePatterns. It is a squares within squares sort of string which naturally makes one think of grid patterns. The tangles of choice this time are Cubine, Lanie, Chemystery, and/or Printemps.

The challenge was a lot of fun! I hadn’t drawn Cubine in a while  so it felt good to get back to basics for a bit. Chemystery was new to me (I had seen the pattern before but hadn’t used it in a tangle yet) and I found it interesting to draw. I love the look of Lanie all together so I placed the tangle inside the smallest square. Lastly I used large and small spirally Printemps to form a frame.

It’s another milestone for “It’s A String Thing”! This week (#104) marks the second birthday for the “It’s A String Thing” challenge. Congratulations, and Happy 2nd Birthday!

My entry was completed after the submission deadline for this  challenge,  but I didn’t want to miss out on the celebration. The string was specially designed by Adele Bruno for the occasion. The challenge is to include the following tangles: Drupe by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts, Meringue by Kelley Kelly, CZT, and Prestwood by Margaret Bremner, CZT.

This week’s It’s A String Thing challenge is to use string 103 by Grace McIntyre from TanglePatterns, and to incorporate tangles Meer, Mi2, and Mr. E.

This challenge proved to be difficult for me. I simply could not figure out how to fit the designated tangles within the curving, spiraling string. Eventually I chose to modify the string a good bit in order to fit in the patterns. I suspect that once the results are posted on Monday I’ll realize that there were all sorts of ways to follow the string that I didn’t see. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20. Anyhow I learned two new tangles this week, and had fun with this tile.

This week’s “It’s A String Thing” challenge celebrates Adele’s husband’s birthday. The challenge was to use String 101, and to incorporate two tangles: Rixty by Maria Thomas (honoring Zentangle co-founder Rick Roberts’ 60th birthday) and LG by Adele Bruno (inspired by her husband, Lou).

My approach with this tile was to distribute the two patterns as evenly as I could across the six major sections created by the string. Another thing that I wanted to do was vary the presentation of the tangles so that each section was distinctive. And the last thing that I did was to add a touch of color.