How to draw POKEROOT

Pokeroot is the “mother” tangle pattern to the Pokeleaf pattern. The main difference between the two is the shape of the leaf part of the tangle.

Pokeroot looks more like a lollipop shape to me, or berries as others have described. Pokeleaf is shaped, uh, like a leaf.

Pokeroot is a Zentangle®-original tangle introduced by Maria Thomas.

“Pokeroot was one of our first tangles. It was inspired by a pokeroot plant growing in a vacant lot across from our home. Pokeroot is an unusual name for us to use for a tangle because it is named for what inspired its pattern. We usually choose names that don’t create a preconception of how a tangle should look,” writes Rick Roberts.

From the August 2018 Zentangle newsletter: “The inspiration for two of our favorite tangles (pokeroot and pokeleaf) has put down roots in our front yard under the watchful eyes of one of our angels.”

CZT Molly Hollibaugh shows how to tangle Pokeroot in this video:

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Update December 12, 2017 – Project Pack #02. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2017 Edition, in this Day 2 video (25:03) Molly tangles Pokeleaf, Pokeroot, and Tripoli.

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UPDATE December 8, 2018 – Project Pack #04. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition series, in this Day 6 video starting at (6:04) Molly demonstrates how to tangle and shade Pokeroot.

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Update February 5, 2020 – In the occasional series on the Zentangle blog called TangleRootz where “we explore the ins and outs of some of our most loved Tangles. Join us as we journey back to how it was discovered and deconstructed, why a certain tangle got its name, and who was involved in the process,” – CZT Molly Hollibaugh explores the rootz of Pokeroot.

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UPDATE April 17, 2020 – Project Pack #09. As part of the Spring has Sprung project pack, Maria joins her daughter Molly for the second preparation video. In this video, Maria demonstrates how to tangle Pokeleaf at 4:15, Pokeroot at 7:53, Rixty at 10:04, two versions of Flux at 14:30, Sampson at 19:19, Springkle at 22:36, and Verdigogh at 25:51.

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UPDATE July 18, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Maria tangles Pokeroot starting at 22.:17 in this video.

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UPDATE July 24, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Molly tangles Pokeroot and Pokeleaf at 30:20 and 37:14.

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UPDATE September 20, 2020 – Project Pack #11. As part of the Fee-PHI-Fo-Fun! project pack, Molly and Martha tangle Pokeroot on the new Zentangle Phi tiles.

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UPDATE March 20, 2021 – Project Pack #13. As part of the Layers & Transitions project pack, Maria adds Pokeroot to her grey tile beginning at 06:36.

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UPDATE May 24, 2021 – Project Pack #14. As part of the Accessing the Artist Within project pack, Julie Willand tangles Pokeroot, Purk, Diva Dance, Cubine, and Marasu.

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UPDATE September 1, 2021 – Project Pack #15. As part of the Letterforms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle project pack, Maria tangles Pokeroot at 04:04 in this video:

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UPDATE December 10, 2022 – Project Pack #19. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2022 Edition project pack, Molly tangles Pokeroot beginning at 04:43 in this video:

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UPDATE August 18, 2023 – Project Pack #21. As part of the Organic Tangles: Tangles of a Botanical Nature project pack, together Martha and Molly tangle their fantastical Thorny Wishing Well Weed specimen using Well, Tipple, Striping, Locar and Pokeroot.

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UPDATE December 6, 2023 – Project Pack #22. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2023 Edition project pack, Julie Willand tangles Karry Heun’s Sand Swirl together with Pokeroot, Printemps and fragment T5 (page 115, Zentangle Primer Vol. 1) on a prestrung 5byPhive tile in this video:

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UPDATE March 20, 2025 – Project Pack #26. As part of the The Elegance of Limits project pack, Martha and Molly tangle a Mooka variation, Knightsbridge, a Pokeroot variation (“Festune berries”), Locar and ‘Nzeppel in this video:

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UPDATE May 30, 2025 – On the final day of Zentangle’s 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month Challenge, Molly tangles Pokeroot in this video:

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5. Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.
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