This tangle absolutely ambushed me. It started innocently enough with a
chain of balls. Just… balls. So? Then Tipple. As I sat there slogging through
those tiny tipples, hand cramping, brain questioning life choices, I kept
thinking: "Is this some kind of artistic endurance test?"
The next day more tipples...the ones I'd left out due to cramps in my wrist
the previous day. Then...enter the Diva Dance lines. Swish. Swagger.
Suddenly the chaos had rhythm, attitude. Finally, the grand, dramatic finale:
pencil meets white charcoal. Shadows deepened, highlights sparked, the whole
thing snapped into focus...BAM. From utter nonsense to undeniable magic...that
is QUIPPLE.
Tangle Pattern: Quipple
December 8 - SeZ is sucked up by a huge SeZ tornado.
Tangle Pattern: SeZ
December 15 - Tortuca
Tangle Pattern: Tortuca
December 22 - Auraknot
Tangle Pattern: Auraknot
7F5R Tuesday Tangle of the Day
December 2 - Auragin
Tangle Pattern: Auragin
December 9 - Infreya
Tangle Pattern: Infreya
December 16 - Sprinx.
As so often, I couldn't resist to disguise the tangle and thus I changed the
ring's outside lines ever so slightly.
Tangle Pattern: Sprinx
Autangle's bi-monthly OrgTangle 4th Year, 2025
November 30 - Hamail (Stepout04)
Tangle Pattern: Hamail
December 15 - Tryton (Stepout05)
Tangle Pattern: Tryton
Autangle Series 4, 2025
Day 8, September 15 - RunCC, Wyfore, Oyvia
Tangle Patterns: RunCC, Wyfore, Oyvia
Day 9, September 17 - Phibel, Balexo, and Vam
Tangle Patterns: Phibel, Balexo, Vam
Refresher
♻️ Refresher #278 with tangles MoonPie, Vilbert, Chairs, J’loop, and
Oaura on packaging paper. I fell for the chocolate colored paper, even though
it fought me every step of the way. Constant pen cleaning ensued.
I washed the rest of the paper (yes, literally) and tested it; the color
calmed down, the pen cooperated, and I was reminded that art, like life,
refuses to let me have it both ways. I will certainly draw a tile I
post in my January issue. Maybe you will recognize the faded paper.....
...Da-Kris and some embellishment. Da-Kris or
Unfinished ING compared to...
Tangle Pattern: Da-Kris
...ING with embellishment.
Tangle Pattern: ING
Inspired by...or a new tangle? I have no idea. There are thousands of
tangles out there and no-one knows them all. I call it Slug.
Tangle Pattern: Slug
Advent Tangles 2025 Post and GratiTangleZ 2025
Should you have missed my separate Advent Tangles 2025 post, click
here.
I am still working on the prompts for GratiTangleZ 2025. I just finished
November 20 and 21 with Zenith and Dex. Zenith turned into Ladybirds and
they flew onto my cacti...well, the flowers. It is amazing how versatile
Zenith is.
Time to Kill
The December Brainteaser has arrived—the final one of the year.
Somehow the yearly cycle has been upgraded: smoother, faster, and more
efficient, which I can only assume is AI’s fault. Speaking of which,
if one (or two) of this month’s Brainteasers gives you trouble, feel
free to consult Grok, ChatGPT, or any other silicon brain. For those
who prefer a quicker victory, the solutions are waiting quietly at the
bottom of the page—in very tiny font.
OK, here it comes. I actually sent the last riddle to Algo (that is
the name ChatGPT and I agreed I use when we talk) and asked for his,
her, its solution:
Nice one 🙂
I think I can read it—and
I’ll tell you my reasoning so you can say yes/no.
What I see:
A
person falling
A
fishing spoon (lure)
Put together as a rebus, that reads as:
👉
“Falling for the lure”
(or more loosely,
“falling for it” / being taken in)
It’s very close in meaning to
“hook, line, and sinker,”
but this one leans on the
spoon lure
specifically.
If that’s not the intended answer, then yes—one example would lock
me in instantly.
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Then I gave Algo the solution and this is what he, she, I think it
is 'it' said:
Ahhh—yes, that clicks now 👍
You were kind to say “close.”
A falling figure =
fail
A spoon =
ure (as in lure → sound
cue)
So together:
fail + ure = failure
That’s a nicely sneaky brainteaser—very clean once you see it, and
very annoying just before you do 😄
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Now Algo wants more brainteasers. It got hooked. 🤣
Animal Happy Day...
..or is it? This case was handled by a vet and groomers, but we don't know
what happened and what was done to clean the inside of the dog. Hmm...just
thinking.
Unfortunately, Coal couldn't find a smaller container than this tray to
squeeze his body in for a nap.
Ah! Isn't he cute and looking so comfy!
Thank you so much for visiting and as we Swiss would say:
This year's Advent Tangle prompts are given to us by Zentangle Cafe with Hilde and Erica (download their .pdf in different languages) in cooperation with ACT2Tangle and Monkey Mind Tangles.
December 1 - Whisper
Tangle Pattern: Whisper
December 2 - Meriberries
Tangle Pattern: Meriberries
December 3 - Nudora
Tangle Pattern: Nudora
December 4 - Coofia
(AGAIN!!!)
Tangle Pattern: Coofia
December 5 - Lovtus
Tangle Pattern: Lovtus
December 6 - Vertigo and Vertigo organic.
Tangle Pattern: Vertigo
December 7 - Bumble Buds
Tangle Pattern: Bumble Buds
December 8 - Stargazr
Tangle Pattern: Stargazr
December 9 - K.G.I.
Tangle Pattern: K.G.I.
December 10 - Aiposaat
Tangle Pattern: Aiposaat
December 11 - LazyDaizy
Tangle Pattern: LazyDaizy
December 12 - Heart Spray
Tangle Pattern: Heart Spray
December 13 - Bugzen back-2-back
Tangle Pattern: Bugzen
December 14 - Yoovay
Tangle Pattern: Yoovay
December 15 - Whirley
Tangle Pattern: Whirley
December 16 - Suru
Tangle Patterns: Suru
December 17 - Annee XL A quick look at the tangle and my jaw pen dropped. No, not for me. This is another no-no tangle. However, in my quest to draw all prompts, I had no choice...and what an eye opener (or better attitude
changer) that was. I have never seen a tangle that looked so
intricate, complicated and difficult to put on paper that turned out to be
so easy. Annee XL! High 5!
Tangle Pattern: Annee XL
December 18 - Spave
Tangle Pattern: Spave
December 19 - Intwined
Tangle Pattern: Intwined
December 20 - Ta-Atua
Tangle Pattern: Ta-Atua
December 21 - Hearty Wyfore
Tangle Pattern: Hearty Wyfore
December 22 - LunarStar
Tangle Pattern: LunarStar
December 23 - Zylph
Tangle Pattern: Zylch
December 24 - Elira
Tangle Pattern: Elira
...and that is it for this year's Advent Tangles.
If you made it all the way to the bottom of this post:
Jeez… remember this tangle? I swear it crawled out of the Zentangle attic,
dusted itself off, and said “Surprise!”
Honestly, if you saw it in a tile, would you REALLY know whether it’s Kule
or Emingle? Let’s be real… half of us would guess, hope for the best, and
move on with our lives. These two tangles are like identical twins who
insist they look nothing alike.
So I embraced the chaos. I drew two tiles with the same design. One is
“officially” Kule, the other is “officially” Emingle...and I’m pretty sure
even they can’t tell which is which at this point. 🤷♀️😉
Tangle Patterns: Kule cum Emingle
November 10 - Mooka
Tangle Pattern: Mooka
November 17 - Nzeppel
Tangle Pattern: Nzeppel
November 24 - Pepper
Tangle Pattern: Pepper
7F5R Tuesday Tangle of the Day 2025
The weeklies are back after a month of
INKtober dailies. Starting with...
November 4 - Viodora.
This is a new tangle by Susan Yeo. When I first saw it I was unimpressed. Sure
enough, after I drew the initial Viodora outlines I knew it needed
embellishing to make it interesting. So here we go, Viodora embellished and
'enlarged'. I am happy with the outcome.
Tangle Pattern: Viodora
November 18 - Pepfly
Tangle Pattern: Pepfly
November 25 - Naidiz mom with her 5 kids.
Tangle Patterns: Naidiz with family members
Autangle Series #4, 2025
The challenge ran in September and I am still 'catching up'. Can I say 'catch
up' when the challenge has already close its doors? Whatever it is I am doing,
I have the list and I will draw these outdated tiles come hell or high water.
So bear with me. Day 1 - 4
click here.
Day 5, September 9 - Pink and Springerz
Tangle Patterns: Pink, Sprigerz
Day 6, September 11 - Monster, Coquiflore, Junex
Tangle Patterns: Monster, Coquiflore, Junex
Day 7, September 13 - Slatz, Frozen Nandini, Kushi
Inspiration for Kushi by Moon Lee's Interwoven Love Petals tile. Moon Lee has many step by step tile designs and it is a pleasure
to follow her. I am sure this will not be the only tile I made according to
her image steps.
Tangle Patterns: Slatz, Frozen Nandini, Kushi
...still to be continued in next post...
Autangle's bi-monthly OrgTangle 4th Year, 2025
This challenge runs for a whole year and we started last month with October
15th and the tangle !ioni!. So every fortnight a new tangle is published, 2
per month.
October 31 - Azura.
I drew this complicated-looking tangle for Step-Out of the Month in
2023 three times already, but since I really like a little challenge after Kule, I fully appreciate
it.
#azura, #orgtangle2025stepout02 and #autangle2025stepout02
Trying out new paper for my tiles...some work, some not so much.
Tangle Pattern: Zefirki
Inspired by...
...Anthus, a new tangle by Maria Jose Torrado Criado.
When I first saw the name, I honestly thought it meant “a fancy little house
for ants.” But then I wondered… why the blossom? Do ants get floral real
estate now? So I asked AI (because of course I did), and it turns out Anthus
comes from the Greek word Anthos, meaning flower or blossom. Mystery solved
and no ants were displaced in the process. 🐜🌸
Tangle Pattern: Anthus
Refresher
Refresher #277
with tangles Hollis, Nautikl, Splish, Surya, and Oceans 13
November's brainteasers are here. Solutions are added to the bottom of the
page in tiny font so you, too, can figure out those clues before
unintentionally reading them. BTW, these 6 are 'places' teasers and 'places'
can be cities, countries, shops, buildings, etc...
Animal Happy Day
Today I introduce Bruno, a dog rescuer from Bosnia-Herzegovina's The Godfather of Dogs. I have been following him for a while now and in every
video I learned a bit more about him, his team and this mission to get dogs
off chains, out of boxes, give street dogs a home, and of course, make sure
they are healthy and treated medically if needed. His ranch is huge and pure
heaven for dogs. Most videos are in German, clicking on CC (closed caption)
will show the English translation. You will be amazed what this man has
accomplished for our 4-legged best friends.
Greetings from a pretty cold Thailand and thank you for scrolling through my post. While I am still working on September's Autangle and GratitangleZ 2025, December brings new challenges with ZHQ's 12 Days of Zentangle and Advents Tangles 2025.
