I got a bit confused by this week’s 2nd anniversary theme at Passion for Promarkers “all the 2’s”. Back when I was a doctor, all the twos meant the extension number to call for a cardiac arrest or other on ward emergency alert to go out. And here in Leicester, dialling all the two’s will get you through to the local police! However, reading the rules set me right, and here’s my entry 🙂
This is a pattern based on the stone and flint work that forms part of the tower to Holt Methodist Church in Norfolk.
This tangle pattern is named after the stretch of the River Soar that runs through Leicester. The embankment was renovated some years ago, and incorporated new railings containing this pattern. I’ve included my photo of them below. I also declare this to be my 50th tangle pattern!
I developed this tangle pattern playing with ways of connecting corners of a set of squares in a grid. The name comes from combining Flowers with Squares.
Completely off the wall creativity here – not sure where this one came from at all! 100% original pattern. Hopefully you can see it’s based on padlocks and keyholes…
This tangle pattern was inspired from some of the iron work supporting the benches on Cromer pier.
An original pattern born from doodles while running in a new fountain pen. I’ve used the pen for the black lines and can now recommend Noodler’s Bulletproof Black Ink and a medium nib fountain pen for zentangling. Just be sure to beware of smudging…
This week at Passion for Promarkers, their 100th challenge is ‘red, white and blue plus a charm’. It’s taken a few days of mulling over, and an hour in the construction, but here is my card. I didn’t want to go down the flag route and remembered bowling shoes the last time I was at the ten-pin skittles alley – you know the ones… laces that are too long, and they feel like clown shoes. They fit the challenge perfectly. The charm laced onto the shoe is ‘live’ – bound to encourage a bowling aficionado.
Another milestone reached with the 5,000th view of my blog 🙂
These are beaded bracelets that use macrame knots and 1mm diameter waxed cotton cord – the technique of micro-macrame. They’re quick to create with numerous variations possible in beads, knots and cord. These have a simple bead-loop closure. Good for fashion accessories, male friendship bands or even to while away the evening making them.
