Spiral String

The Diva's  Weekly Challenge #210: "Spiralstring - that's the thing!"

This week the focus tangle for our Facebook page Square One: Purely Zentangle was mooka and the string I chose was a spiral so this tile fits both groups. I haven't had much time for tangling this week as we have been on a fun bike trip and had a few problems with the internet.

This photo was taken back in 1975 when Paul and I were leaving on our honeymoon.
40 years later, I still have the same husband and we also have the same Triumph and sidecar.

Here we are ready to go again! This time, a relaxing trip around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria.

Going Green

The Diva's  Weekly Challenge #209: "Saint Patty's"

Going green for St Patrick's Day.

 

Good Morning Sunshine

Loving the Opus tiles.

Cubine vs Pokeroot

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #208: "Duotangle - Cubine vs Pokeroot"

The light is shining in all directions, perhaps the wind is gusting and the berries are being toppled and blown about. Not so sure about this one but I like the wavy lines in cubine.
 

Unbatz

The Diva's  Weekly Challenge #207: "UMT - Unbatz by Sandy Hunter, CZT"

It's been a busy week so Sandy's tangle unbatz was just right for winding down.
You will find the step-outs here. Thanks Sandy it's a cutie!!

Beate Winkler's 101 Favourite Patterns

This week I have been inspired by CZT Beate Winkler's new book 'Das GroBe Zentangle - Buch. As you can see by the cover it's in German, I took that as a challenge to learn some new words and downloaded a translator. You don't actually need to do that because all the tangle step-outs are clear and easy to follow. Many tanglers from all over the world sent Beate their patterns, I love that aspect of Zentangle that we can share and enjoy each others ideas no matter which language we speak. Beate has included variations to many of the patterns in her own elegant style.

Thanks Beate!
Check out Amazon for ordering a copy.

Here are 2 tiles including Rubenesque, a nifty tangle by Hannah Geddes CZT from the UK which can be found on age 93.



Tools/Trade

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #206: "Tools/Trade"

My trade is NOT decorating cakes, I actually had to buy one of those icing tool kits from the supermarket but if there is a time to try something that I wouldn't normally do, it's here and now. I thought Paul deserved a cake today and the idea came into my head to combine baking with this week's challenge which is to use a tool for tangling that we haven't used before. Raspberry and yoghurt cake sounded healthy and normally I would just leave off the icing (although Paul loves icing!) so armed with pink coloured icing squeezed out printemps, mooka and finished with bales.
Oh well, it's different!