Dayzee – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

An original design born from playing with octagons. Try shading the border for a variation.

Curly Braces Too – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

I’m having fun with curly brackets! This is another original design, possibly a tangleation of my own Curly Brace pattern, but different enough to have it’s own name

Octagonal – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

Ok, so there might be easier ways of constructing this tangle pattern, but I was playing with octagons and this is what resulted. Looking at it gives me a headache after a while…

Curly Brace – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

This original pattern starts with curly brackets (also known as braces). It’s easier to turn the page to do the horizontal brackets in step 2. Lots of opportunity to shade here.

Swags – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

This original design uses the main motif in an offset pattern – I found it easier to do each motif in turn as shown. Lots of shading opportunities to make individual motifs stand up against the others.

Beanpodz – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

A day at the allotment inspired this original design – dreaming of shelling my borlotti beans! The pattern also reminds me of metal straps that are used for reinforcing corners and suchlike.

Florem – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

This is an original design, named with the Latin word from which the word ‘flower’ is derived.

Jugenstil – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

Another Art Nouveau inspired tangle pattern. It helps to turn the page round to do the ‘top’ layer. Keep your corners curved and your arches asymmetrical.

Wellenstil – tangle pattern, a photo by perfectly4med on Flickr.

I’ve been inspired by Art Nouveau patterns this week. The arches frame the tangle pattern ‘Grass’ nicely.