Yew-Dee is a very cool tangle pattern from Ohio CZT® Peg Farmer and it’s her first on the site.
Peg was among my CZT#7 colleagues and she writes, “I get called Linda every once in a while, but I am quick to let them know that I am not the TanglePatterns person! When they ask if we are related, I tell them that we are related by Zentangle. 🙂 ” We definitely are!
Peg has actually taken the certification class twice, “been tangling since late 2009, became a CZT in May 2010, and training with Rick and Maria was so much fun that Carole Ohl and I did it again in October, 2011.”
You know how in a magic trick the presenter holds up two separate rings and then dramatically smashes them together and they become interlocked? Yew-Dee looks to me as if a magician held Bales in one hand and W2 in the other – then magically mashes them together into one. And what a great result!
In fact Peg developed Yew-Dee while teaching Bales:
“I teach Zentangle® at the University of Dayton’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (UDLLI), a wonderful program for people ages 50 and over, in Dayton, Ohio. This pattern evolved for me one class while I was teaching Rick and Maria’s original pattern, Bales. I named it Yew-Dee in honor of UDLLI.“
Peg purposely underlines the second syllable of its name so it’s pronounced with the emphasis on the Dee, “I didn’t want it to sound like ud.”
I love the classy look of Yew-Dee, and it really shines when you add shading.
Here are Peg’s step-by-step instructions for drawing Yew-Dee and some examples of variations for you to try.
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April 24, 2013 | 
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I love it! So simple and beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing!
I REALLY like this one, hope I can do it justice with the shading!
I agree Linda, Bales and W2 combined. It’s lovely, and added to my ‘must-try stack. 🙂
From one Peg to another, I actually like the simpler version best, am going to have some fun playing with this one, ideas are coming already. Thanks for sharing, well done. Peggie. from Australia
Thanks, everyone….have a good time with it! I can’t wait to see your versions….
Makes me think of Cadet w/ flowers in the center.
I can’t wait to try this one. As I’m fairly new to this I find them challenging, but also so relaxing. Sadly just been diagnosed with glaucoma so can’t play as much as I’d like to. But enjoy trying all the new designs.
Your instructions are so clear. Love Yew-Dee, so dramatic!
Even the instructions, in steps, makes a great zentangle!! All by itself!! Thank you…
i simply love this……..thanks you!!!!!!!!
Very nice!
Recently discovered this pattern and it’s a favorite! Thank you
This is a wonderful pattern. I’m glad you posted a message here Nancy. It drew me here and now it’s newly discovered again. I’ll be using it on my next tile.
And, of course, thanks to Peg Farmer for sharing this beautiful tangle.
Thank you, Peg Farmer! This is going to be a new favorite for me, right up there with Cadent and some others!
I have now tried Yew-Dee as Peg Farmer teaches it AND I have tried doing the lines going to the centre alternating clockwise and anti-clockwise in each block. It makes for an interesting variation that looks sort of like alternating axe-blades or maybe manta ray fish. I can`t say I understand her explanation of the name, but Yew-Dee is easy enough to remember!