Spoolies, by Swiss CZT Hanny Waldburger, about depicts the current state of my head.
For the last 2 weeks I’ve been working on the 2017 Edition of my TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE and I’ve encountered some dizzying adventures including computer hardware failure. Undaunted, I am aiming for this Friday the 6th for the launch of the newest edition and I would appreciate it if you would all keep your fingers crossed to help me achieve that goal! 🙂
I will let you know when it is ready!
Spoolies can be drawn overlapping like the Zentangle-original Printemps, or side-by-each as we might hear in Newfoundland. Your creative choice.
Spoolies is a semi-continuous-line tangle … parts are and parts aren’t. [I warned you my head is scrambled.] It’s a great one for practicing your aura-ing technique.
Hanny explains she named her tangle Spoolies,
“cause it reminds me of coils, (but that name is already taken), in German that is the word ‘Spulen’, so I made Spoolies out of it.”
And there you have it.
It seems you get the best results from Spoolies by making sure the curve in Step 1 is really curved. But as Hanny points out, “don’t worry if your Spoolies don’t look perfect, it doesn’t matter once you add the shading.” Spoolies is fun and easy!
Hanny illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Spoolies here on her blog where she features it in a Zentangle® tile with the Zentangle-originals Printemps and some sprigs of Verdigogh and Finery.
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January 4, 2017 | 
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Linda- Thank you for the update and most of all, thank you for all of your hard work and energy that goes into Tangle Patterns! It is a wonderful tool in my teaching! Cant wait for the new edition!! xoxox Happy and Healthy New Year!!!
Thanks for your wishes Karen, most appreciated and right back ‘atcha.
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When do you anticipate your 2016 e-book to be available for purchase?
Hi Noka, aiming for this Friday and will announce as soon as it’s ready. 🙂
Thank you Hanny! My winter-frozen brain needs easy patterns right now, and this one is FUN!
I do love the name, Spoolies. Do any other Children of the 60s and 70s recall what Spoolies were? Where I grew up, they were pink rubber gizmos that pre-dated curling irons. Girls twisted damp, straight hair around their Spoolies, wore them to bed and awoke the next morning with gorgeous, wavy hair!
Thank you Linda, what a surprise….I reminds me that I haven’t used Spoolies myself in quite a while, time to change that! 🙂 Thank you Joyce, I’m happy to hear that you enjoy to draw Spoolies!They are meant to be fun 🙂
What a fun tangle. Happy New year all.
My fingers are crossed and I am awaiting in anticipation for the release of the new guide. Cheers
A very lovely new and easy pattern, thank you Hanny for sharing
Fun and quick, both to draw and to colour. This is going to be such a useful tangle, thank you Hanny.
I love these little guys! They are so much fun to draw and very useful. Thanks so much, Hanny!
what a fun tangle