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RANDOM SELECTOR

Use this Random Tangle Selector with your TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE to help you select tangles. See Pages 7 and 9 of the Guide for instructions. You can also use this to select random Strings: simply pop in any number in the range of 1 to 250.

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TanglePatterns String 137

TanglePatterns String 137

Last one for 2014! This String is shared by CZT Linda Farmer for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 93

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Here’s what was new in the Zentangle® world a year ago – five tangle pattern gems for your tangling pleasure.

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TanglePatterns String 136

TanglePatterns String 136

This String is shared by tangler Barbara Morrison for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw AKOYA

Zentangle pattern: Akoya

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Sandy Hunter’s Zentangle® pattern: Akoya.

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How to draw HA-NUKA

Zentangle pattern: Ha-nuka

Online instructions for drawing Yamit Fridman’s Zentangle® pattern: Ha-nuka.

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TanglePatterns String 135

TanglePatterns String 135

This String is shared by tangler Beth Snoderly for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw LEALAD

Zentangle pattern: Lealad

Links to online instructions for drawing Lily Moon’s Zentangle® pattern: Lealad.

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TanglePatterns String 134

TanglePatterns String 134

This String is shared by tangler Grace McIntyre for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw TRIMOND

Zentangle pattern: Trimond

Online instructions for drawing Beth Snoderly’s Zentangle® pattern: Trimond.

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TanglePatterns String 133

TanglePatterns String 133

This String is shared by tangler Barbara Finwall for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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TanglePatterns String 132

TanglePatterns String 132

This String is shared by CZT Jane Dickinson for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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TanglePatterns String 131

TanglePatterns String 131

This String is shared by tangler Cat Trask for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 90

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Giving the wonderful gift of Zentangle this holiday season? Here are TanglePatterns’ 2014 ordering deadlines to ensure delivery on time …

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STORIES: Zentangle helps 80-year-old get through difficult times that come with life

Sunflower tranquility and hope

In this occasional series on TanglePatterns, readers describe in their own words how Zentangle® has changed their lives. Eighty-year-old tangler Nancy explains Zentangle has helped her handle the challenges of “loss, age-related physical conditions and the sometime resulting depression” that come with age and shares her latest Zentangle-inspired creations with us.

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TanglePatterns String 130

TanglePatterns String 130

This String is shared by tangler Henrike Bratz for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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TanglePatterns annual request for your assistance with operating costs

Heartful thanks!

Greetings my friends, this is the time of year when I must make a personal request for general financial support for the sustainability of TanglePatterns.com for the upcoming year.

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TanglePatterns String 129

TanglePatterns String 129

This String is shared by tangler Nancy Smith for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to tangle on glass Christmas ornaments, a tutorial by CZT Anna Houston

Tangled Ornaments Tutorial by CZT Anna Houston

As the calendar edges relentlessly closer to the holidays, it’s time to start thinking about getting a few of those seasonal crafts underway. In this tutorial CZT Anna Houston shares her beautiful tangled ornaments and gives us tips on what works, and what doesn’t.

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TanglePatterns String 128

TanglePatterns String 128

This String is shared by CZT Margaret Bremner for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw GNARLY

Zentangle pattern: Gnarly

Online instructions for drawing Barbara Finwall’s Zentangle® pattern: Gnarly.

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TanglePatterns String 127

TanglePatterns String 127

This String is shared by tangler Lily Moon for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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TanglePatterns String 126

TanglePatterns String 126

This String is shared by tangler Judiellen Palumbo for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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TanglePatterns String 125

TanglePatterns String 125

This String is shared by tangler Cathy Clifford for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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TanglePatterns String 124

TanglePatterns String 124

This String is shared by CZT Nancy Newlin for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw AMPHORA

Zentangle pattern: Amphora

Links to online instructions for drawing Lily Moon’s Zentangle® pattern: Amphora.

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TanglePatterns String 123

TanglePatterns String 123

This String is shared by tangler Kim English for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 86

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Thoughts from Rick and Maria on revisiting our Zentangle roots.

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How to draw NUWAVE

Zentangle pattern: Nuwave

Online instructions for drawing Beth Snoderly’s Zentangle® pattern: Nuwave.

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TanglePatterns String 122

TanglePatterns String 122

This String is shared by CZT Adele Bruno for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Why TanglePatterns does not allow pinning

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Let's discuss it!Frequently I’m asked how to pin images from TanglePatterns. The images on this site are copyright-protected as stated in the notice at the bottom of every page and in the left sidebar. The site’s software is set to prevent pinning.

Downloading copyright-protected images and then publishing them elsewhere without permission is against the law (see the articles below). The only images that are “pin-able” are the the site badges available at the bottom right side of any page.

Thus any images from

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