Blogging from A to Z Challenge – S is for…

by Laurel Regan on April 22, 2014

I’m tangling from A to Z – S is for…
…Scrolled Feather
…Snaylz Trayl
…Sonnenband

(Pssst… new here? Welcome to Alphabet Salad! For some background on how and why I got involved in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, check out this post… and, if you’d like to catch up on my progress to date, all of my challenge posts are tagged with Tangling from A to Z. Glad you stopped by, and hope you’ll return!)

Tangle Practice

Today’s tangles were great fun! Though the finished tile makes me laugh a little. While I think it looks quite pretty overall, I realized halfway through one of the tangles that I was making a rather significant mistake with the pattern (points for you non-tanglers if you can spot it!). Since the tangle pattern still looked nice in spite of the “mistake” I decided to carry on and finish it my way, and consider it artistic license.

Tangle Practice – Scrolled Feather

Tangle Practice – Snaylz Trayl

Tangle Practice – Sonnenband

Border & String

Just to carry on with the whole A to Z theme, I thought I’d make each day’s “string” resemble the appropriate letter for the day. I can’t always promise that the finished tiles will look anything like the letters – it all depends on which tangles I’m using and how the drawing evolves. We’ll just have to see what happens!

Finished Zentangle®¹ Tile

Finished “S” tile incorporating Scrolled Feather, Snaylz Trayl, and Sonnenband

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¹ The Zentangle® Method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas and is copyrighted. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. Learn more at zentangle.com.

Tagged as: Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2014, NaBloPoMo 2014, tangling, Tangling from A to Z, Zentangle

Laurel Regan – Writer, tangler, learner of French and Italian, crocheter, cat herder, needle felter, iPhoneographer, Growlita, iFan, on-and-off politics junkie, 80s music trivia freak, ongoing work in progress.

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priya April 22, 2014

Love your Tangle patterns and your blog!

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  Thank you so much!
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Andy Lockhart April 22, 2014

Interesting article, love some of the images, Thanks for sharing
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  Thanks, Andy!
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Debbie
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April 22, 2014

Another great one! Would be lovely in colour, too.
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  Thank you! One of these days I’ll have to try colour.
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maanneilaganlopez
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April 22, 2014

Nice drawings, I can’t make one. Like they say, I think this would be greater with color
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  Thank you!
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S(t)ri
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April 22, 2014

Awesome design…. very brilliant!

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nabanita April 22, 2014

Nice design…. very talented I must say
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Aditi
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April 22, 2014

Wow exquisite detailing. This one is my favorite… Or do I say that about all your tangles? Lovely! Hugs!
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Doreen McGettigan
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April 22, 2014

I see no mistakes. I keep saying they are my favorites, I do love them all.
I am going to try it next month:)
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  Thank you… I hope you enjoy tangling as much as I do, Doreen!
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ElaineLK April 22, 2014

The stripes and solids in the Sonnenbands are reversed in the finished tile? Is that it? No matter–it looks beautiful anyway. I really, really love the scrolled feather–that might be my favorite pattern yet! You continue to surprise and delight me every day with these!

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  That’s exactly it, Elaine – good eye! Apparently “Sonnenband” means “Sun Band” or something along those lines (I think in German?) – and while my practice tangle does have the look of little suns, the pattern in my finished tile looks more like fans! But I thought it worked anyway. And I love the scrolled feather too – when I chose that one back in March I couldn’t wait until the “S” day arrived so I could try it!
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