Chechain is an interesting and unusual tangle from Australian Lila Popcheff who shared her X tangle with us some time ago.
Very often I have strange coincidences happen to me (or maybe it’s just me who considers them odd). In any case …
Later in the evening after I drew my Chechain example, Robert and I were binge-watching episodes of one of our favorite TV series The Closer. And there in one of the scenes I spotted Chechain wallpaper! I was so surprised to see the pattern I’d just been working on that we paused and rewound, and I snapped this shot of the TV screen. What are the odds??
TV screen snapshot from a scene in The Closer, with Chechain-like wallpaper pattern
I’ve no idea if this is what inspired Lila, however abstract wallpaper and carpets patterns do occasionally inspire a tangle or two …
Look for this arrow in the lower right corner of your screen on flickr to download the steps.
Lila illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Chechain here on flickr where she shows a wide range of possible variations for her tangle, including starting with either a double or single line version at Step 1.
Check out the tag lilap for more of Lila’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.
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October 28, 2015 | 
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I love this tangle, Lila! I also very much enjoyed browsing through your Flickr photostream. You are very inventive! And Linda … what a fun coincidence! I too have many photos of hotel carpets for tangling inspiration. 🙂
I’d say that was a pretty odd coincidence!
Hi Linda, Thanks so much for adding Chechain to your collection on TanglePatterns. There was no particular inspiration for me, just a series of lines and diamonds and the rest followed (I rarely watch television and have not seen The Closer – I don’t even know if we get it here lol). I revisited this pattern in May of this year (2015). I don’t post regularly on Flickr any more, however you may find both versions with some examples of my work on my blog Poppiespenpics.blogspot.com – Thanks again 🙂
Thanks Jan – I hope you find some time to test it out for yourself.