Today’s lovely, flowing new Joki tangle is from Dutch tangler Kim Claus, and it’s her first on the site.
Joki looks as if it could come from free-motion quilting, but that’s complete speculation on my part – and I’m not even a quilter so take my guess with a grain of salt 😉
Kim introduces herself and explains how Joki got its name …
I’m from the Netherlands where I live with my husband and our labrador Tess.
I started with Zentangle in 2014. I was not feeling very well in that time and was looking for something that I could do to that made me feel better. As a little girl I was always drawing and when I was searching for something new in 2014 I discovered Zentangle. And it instantly had the effect I was looking for. It helped me relax, have less pain and my self esteem grew. It made me happy.
This year I participated in the Travelling Tangles Project on Facebook and I did a swap with Jo Flaherty. She sent me a beautiful tile to finish. On that tile Joki appeared. When I had to come up with a name for this new tangle I put the first 2 letters of our names together.
Joki also means ‘river’ in Finnish, and that fits with the flow and feel of Joki.
Joki is such a pretty tangle, and so easy to get into a rhythm tangling all those curves. Adding just a touch of shading gives it even more visual interest. As Kim writes, “Joki is good to use as a filler, but also very beautiful as monotangle.”
Kim illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Joki here on her blog and includes a video demonstration where she tangles a Zentangle® tile featuring Joki.
Update August 2024: the link on Kim’s blog is no longer working, so until I’ve been notified that it’s been repaired here for your convenience are her original steps.
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November 28, 2016 | 
More like this: 
Hi Kim! Congratulations on Joki being published. As you know I’m a big fan. This is such a beautiful tangle.
All my best,
Jody
Thank you Jody! You’re so kind.
<3 Kim
I like Joki. A fun one to use. Thank you
Thank you Judy! Glad to here you like Joki.
What a beautiful tangle! I went on her site and she is very talented!
Thank you so much Barbara!
Thank you Linda for putting my Joki pattern on this site! I’m very honored and glad to share it with so many people.
Thanks!
Kim
I love this new tangle!! Wonderful stepout, Kim, and a helpful video too. Thank you so much for sharing it! I love that it works as a filler as well as a border. So versatile! 🙂
Thank you Jan!
Gefeliciteerd Kim, het is een hele mooie tangle geworden en ik heb hem al gebruikt in mijn tiles en zal dat zeker nog meer doen.
Dank je wel Ria, fijn om te horen dat je Joki zo leuk vind!
Beautiful pattern. Very versatile. I appreciate the video. Thanks very much for sharing Kim !!!
Thank you Pia and you’re very welcome! I’m glad to hear you appreciate the video!
Kim I love Joki! I have already practiced on a piece of scrap paper because it looks so pretty and I wanted to try it right away. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Linda. I appreciate all you do. I bet there are so many people who carry heavy burdens or just do not feel well who could benefit greatly from your website. Surely many have already been introduced to the healing and soothing power of Zentangle and your website. Personally, for me, sitting down and tangling can make my worries and troubles go away for a while and I have a beautiful piece of art as a result!
You’re very welcome and thanks for your lovely comment!
This pattern is absolutely awesome and wonderful!!
It really makes happy tangling and looking at it 🙂
Love to know why it is called JOKI. Great!!
Thank you so much for sharing with us!! Best wishes from Cologne,
Nadine
Thank you for your lovely comment, Nadine!
Hi Kim
Your Joki Tangle Pattern is so cute! I was trying to view the instructions on how to draw it on my work computer, but I couldn’t access it on line, but thank god for Tablets!
What a cute Tangle pattern. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your lovely comment!
Such a petty, flowing tangle. Just the kind I like. Thank you.
Kim: This is a wonderful tangle. Really enjoyed trying it out and it has gone on my list of favorites! Thank you for sharing.
The link no longer seems to work – I couldn’t navigate her site at all or search for the tangle. What a pity.
Many thanks for the heads up Donna. Until I’ve been notified that her site link has been repaired I’ve added Kim’s original steps to this page.
thanks so much