Zendala Dare 44

This zendala was drawn using Erin's template that you can find at The Bright Owl
Tangles used were: Heartrope and Verve. As Valentine's day is this week I included some hearts.
I thought at first that I wasn't going to be able to do this today because I couldn't print the template. But a good friend of mine who is exceptionally computer savvy answered my cry for help and came and fixed things for me. Thank you John.

Diva Challenge 105 - Dansk

This challenge was posted by Laura Harms at Diva Challenge 105.

The challenge was to use Margaret Bremner's tangle Dansk somewhere on your tile. I also used Fang, Seljuk, and Zinger. For my string I used number 2 from tanglepatterns.com. You can find it here.

Zendala Dare 43

The template for this zendala was by Erin at The Bright Owl. This time I used the full-sized template, much easier than the little one.

Once again a celtic knot appeared in my drawing. I had to curve a couple of straight lines in order to create it. Then something funny happened. I was planning to use Dansk as one of my tangles so that I could use the same drawing for the Diva's challenge (here) this week. I was confident that I knew how to draw Dansk and I went ahead and drew it all over the zendala.  Of course you will have noticed that I actually drew Verve, not Dansk. Haha. So my plan will not work.

Update: I forgot that there was an extra challenge this week and we were supposed to draw something that made us feel like an artist. I think I would say that it is the shading and colouring that I feel is most artistic. That and changing things - making the celtic knot in this drawing. And, now I think about it, making things look shiny. So, unintentionally, I did do the challenge after all.

Diva Challenge 104 Use TP string 003

When I saw that this string was one continuous line, I thought, ahha, another celtic knot. However this one was quite tricky, especially in the bottom left where the angles are so acute. In the end I had to make the angles less acute so that I could get the unders and overs going the right way. It turned into a kind of Moebius Celtic Knot. Does the tangle in the background have a name? I got the idea from a couple of the Moebius Sydrome submissions. It looked easy but it wasn't. 

This challenge was posted by Laura Harms at Diva Challenge 104.
The string for it can be found here.

Do you think you might like a Zentangle puzzle? If so, view my post at Zentangle Puzzle 1.

Update: The name of the background tangle is NEURON. Thanks Jana for the information.

Zentangle Puzzle 1

This kaleidoscope was generated with Kaleidoscope Creator from a zentangle drawing. The original Zentangle was posted on Laura Harms blog. It came from one of her challenges. Can you guess which challenge it came from and which tangler drew it? When you think you have guessed the challenge, then, for a quick search for the tangler, view the slideshow for that challenge at  at Diva Challenges 2012.

 If you know the answer please leave a comment. There are no prizes for getting it right but if you thought this was fun, I would like to know. I have plenty more where this came from and I could post some more puzzles.