Background: In the process of creating a Zentangle one begins by lightly penciling a border and a “string”, generally a freeform shape, on the 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ (9 cm x 9 cm) tile of high quality paper, into which one then draws intricate patterns, “tangles” using a Sakura Micron Pen.
The idea for STRING TEMPLATES was first suggested by Sandra Strait in this post on tanglepatterns.com.
Free String Template Downloads
For more STRING IDEAS, visit this page.
This page will be kept updated with links to STRING TEMPLATES available online. If you have a string template to share, please leave a link in the comments below or email the information to me and I will add it to this page (linda [at] tanglepatterns [dot] com).
- Sandra Strait’s String Template #1: right click here to download the 760 KB PNG image file.
Thanks! This will be a big help when I hit a block.
Thanks so much. Lately I have been drawing zentangles without any strings because I was always using the same string to begin. This helps so much.
This is so awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing. This will help alot.
Thank you so much – Your generosity is exceeded only by your creativity – I am always so grateful and appreciative of your sharing and efforts to keep us zentanglers organized and inspired.
Hi,
I tried to download the templates, and was not able to. Thought you might want to repair the link! Fantastic site!
Kim, the link to download the template file does work – did you follow the instructions to right click the link to save the file?
As a Newbie,I am thankful for the string ideas! So far I have been tangling around and through letters of the alphabet, but now have finished one alphabet set, but didn’t couldn’t get the hang of how to work without the alphabet letters “crutches” ! I even tried getting a piece of real string, shutting my eyes and dropping it on to the square, but found it was dropping and curling into too small an area !
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Also I have just been away on holiday and the thing I missed most about home was my tangling ! I am well and truly hooked…….THANKYOU !