How to draw POKEROOT

By Linda Farmer, CZT ~ May 8th, 2010

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.

CZT Molly Hollibaugh shows how to draw Pokeroot in this video.

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.

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.

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.

Sandy Bartholomew also demonstrates how to draw Pokeroot here on her blog.

Check out the tag zentangle for more Zentangle®-original tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

Related Links

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.
A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle.
Un motif n’est pas toujours un tangle — Qu’est-ce qu’un tangle ?
Un diseño no es siempre un tangle — ¿Qué es un tangle?
How to submit your pattern deconstruction to TanglePatterns
Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form
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