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RANDOM SELECTOR

Use this Random Tangle Selector with your TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE to help you select tangles. See Pages 7 and 9 of the Guide for instructions. You can also use this to select random Strings: simply pop in any number in the range of 1 to 250.

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TanglePatterns String 134

TanglePatterns String 134

This String is shared by tangler Grace McIntyre for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw OOLO

Zentangle pattern: Oolo

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Amelie Liao’s Zentangle® pattern: Oolo.

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How to draw TRIMOND

Zentangle pattern: Trimond

Online instructions for drawing Beth Snoderly’s Zentangle® pattern: Trimond.

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How to draw BUTTER

Zentangle pattern: Butter

Online instructions for drawing 6-year-old Danae Triantafyllopoulou’s Zentangle® pattern: Butter.

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How to draw ARUKAS

Zentangle pattern: Arukas. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Bonus tangle! Links to online instructions for drawing the new Zentangle®-original tangle: Arukas.

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TanglePatterns String 133

TanglePatterns String 133

This String is shared by tangler Barbara Finwall for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 91

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Something to do on Black Friday …

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Giving thanks for our blessings every day

Tomorrow in the U.S. we will be enjoying Thanksgiving Day traditions with family and friends and giving special thanks for all the reasons we have to be grateful every single day of the year …

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Zentangle announces 2015 CZT Seminar registration is now open

Linda Farmer CZT certificate, October 2011

Registration is now open for the 2015 CZT Seminars in Providence, RI. Direct links to registration forms on the zentangle.com site are given with each date. As of this writing, only 4 seminars are being offered in 2015 so be sure to sign up ASAP, these sessions fill up quickly!

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How to draw FLOVINE

Zentangle pattern: Flovine

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Lin Chiu’s Zentangle® pattern: Flovine.

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TanglePatterns String 132

TanglePatterns String 132

This String is shared by CZT Jane Dickinson for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw ZENFIDDLE

Zentangle pattern: Zenfiddle. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. All rights reserved.

Online instructions for drawing Lori Tryon’s Zentangle® pattern: Zenfiddle.

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How to draw CHARLOTTE

Zentangle pattern: Charlotte

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Margaret Bremner’s Zentangle® pattern: Charlotte.

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How to draw PUFFF

Zentangle pattern: Pufff

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Judy Montgomery’s Zentangle® pattern: Pufff.

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TanglePatterns String 131

TanglePatterns String 131

This String is shared by tangler Cat Trask for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 90

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Giving the wonderful gift of Zentangle this holiday season? Here are TanglePatterns’ 2014 ordering deadlines to ensure delivery on time …

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How to draw TWIZTED

Zentangle pattern: Twizted

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Terri Brown’s Zentangle® pattern: Twizted.

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How to draw SKWIRL

Zentangle pattern: Skwirl

Online instructions for drawing Annie Taylor’s Zentangle® pattern: Skwirl.

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STORIES: Zentangle helps 80-year-old get through difficult times that come with life

Sunflower tranquility and hope

In this occasional series on TanglePatterns, readers describe in their own words how Zentangle® has changed their lives. Eighty-year-old tangler Nancy explains Zentangle has helped her handle the challenges of “loss, age-related physical conditions and the sometime resulting depression” that come with age and shares her latest Zentangle-inspired creations with us.

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TanglePatterns String 130

TanglePatterns String 130

This String is shared by tangler Henrike Bratz for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw WHIRLEE

Zentangle pattern: Whirlee

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Lynn Mead’s Zentangle® pattern: Whirlee.

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How to draw STEPS

Zentangle pattern: Steps

Links to online instructions for drawing Helen Williams’s Zentangle® pattern: Steps.

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How to draw MINLINE

Zentangle pattern: Minline

Online instructions for drawing Damy Teng’s Zentangle® pattern: Minline.

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TanglePatterns annual request for your assistance with operating costs

Heartful thanks!

Greetings my friends, this is the time of year when I must make a personal request for general financial support for the sustainability of TanglePatterns.com for the upcoming year.

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TanglePatterns String 129

TanglePatterns String 129

This String is shared by tangler Nancy Smith for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 89

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! It’s Hallowe’en and “Candy Season”.

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How to draw REFLECTIONS

Zentangle pattern: Reflections

Online instructions for drawing Cheryl Craver’s Zentangle® pattern: Reflections.

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How to draw YNY

Zentangle pattern: YNY. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. All rights reserved.

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Lianne Woods’s Zentangle® pattern: YNY.

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How to tangle on glass Christmas ornaments, a tutorial by CZT Anna Houston

Tangled Ornaments Tutorial by CZT Anna Houston

As the calendar edges relentlessly closer to the holidays, it’s time to start thinking about getting a few of those seasonal crafts underway. In this tutorial CZT Anna Houston shares her beautiful tangled ornaments and gives us tips on what works, and what doesn’t.

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TanglePatterns String 128

TanglePatterns String 128

This String is shared by CZT Margaret Bremner for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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