On today’s Tangle Time sessions, we are premiering another wonderful tangle by Sandy Vaughan AKA The Irish Tangler.

Introducing Elefel! (L.F.L.) Here is the story from Sandy:

“I was inspired to deconstruct this pattern by my little collection of claddagh rings, my Mum gave me my first one when I was 7 years old, and I bought my son his first one when he was also 7. Claddaghs can be plain made from silver or gold, or some have gems where the heart is and diamond encrusted shoulders, and some are a more contemporary style of ring with trinity bands and additional celtic details.

Claddagh rings are a tradionally Irish ring which, when worn in a certain way and on a certain finger on your hand, means you’re either already taken and in a relationship, or worn the opposite way means that you’re free and looking for love! 

I called it Elefel, which stems from the letters L. F. L. because the claddagh ring means Love, Friendship and Loyalty. The heart symbolises love, the hands are friendship, and the crown is loyalty. 

Here’s the step out and some sample tiles, plus I’ve included a photo of my claddagh rings 💍 

Hope you like this one and the meaning behind it, which I’ve always personally loved.” 

When you post your work, make sure to use #chygerr and tag Sandy. If you are on Instagram, make sure to follow @theirishtangler while you are there!

Here is Sandy’s step-out:

Sandy’s inspiration:

… and information on the ring’s messaging.

Have fun with this and when you post, please add in #elefel (and #tangleaddicts if you don’t mind.) Thank you Sandy for adding to our tangle library and experience! What a fun tangle!!!

Happy Tangling!!!!
Heather CZT20

On today’s Tangle Time sessions, we are premiering another wonderful tangle by Sandy Vaughan AKA The Irish Tangler.

Introducing Chygerr! Here is the story from Sandy:

“So this one is called Chygerr. I saw a tiktok video of a chubby tiger, and tigers are one of my favourite animals. Well, this big chubby tiger must have stuck in my mind because one day I found myself drawing a stripey pattern over and over on a blank page and then filling the stripes with various tangles. At first they were straight, but then I found myself curving the stripes, drawing them in different directions, and graduating the sizes and then liking that so much more. The five curved stripes also reminds me of a tiger’s sharp claws. Why I call it chygerr is because it’s an amalgamation of the two words chubby + tiger!

When you post your work, make sure to use #chygerr and tag Sandy. If you are on Instagram, make sure to follow @theirishtangler while you are there!

Here is Sandy’s step-out:

But WAIT! There’s more! AMAZING variations!!

Here are some samples from Sandy and stay tuned for the recap of today’s session!

Sandy also sent in her play page as she was working through and playing with ideas!

Have fun with this and when you post, please add in #chygerr (and #tangleaddicts if you don’t mind.) Thank you Sandy for adding to our tangle library and experience! What a fun tangle!!!

Thank you Sandy!!!

Happy Tangling!!!!
Heather CZT20

On today’s Tangle Time sessions, we are premiering another wonderful tangle by Sandy Vaughan AKA The Irish Tangler, Louroll.

This is what Sandy said about her inspiration for Louroll:

“So the inspiration for my new tangle Louroll comes from the wrapping on our luxury quilted toilet paper from Andrex!! Once you know zentangle you start to see tangle patterns everywhere don’t ya?! I’ve included a close up of the wrapper. So, Irish people call the toilet the “loo”, and we call toilet paper “loo roll”. Since it’s my sister’s Louise’s birthday this weekend, I’m dedicating this tangle to her and calling it Louroll, and I think she’ll find the name connection very amusing!! 

When you post your work, make sure to use #louroll and tag Sandy. If you are on Instagram, make sure to follow @theirishtangler while you are there!

Here is Sandy’s step-out:

Here are some samples from Sandy and stay tuned for the recap of today’s session!

Have fun with this and when you post, please add in #louroll (and #tangleaddicts if you don’t mind.) Thank you Sandy for adding to our tangle library and experience! What a fun tangle!!!

On today’s Tangle Time sessions, we are premiering another wonderful tangle by Sandy Vaughn AKA The Irish Tangler, Foccsee. Sandy said on her Instagram post, “#foccsee is another new tangle, inspired by the beautiful purple foxglove plant, it’s blooming everywhere along the country lanes where I live in Cork 🌿
Please tag me if you try it in your Zentangle art, I’d love to see what you do with it 🤩”. Click HERE for a link to the post – make sure to follow @theirishtangler while you are there!

Here is Sandy’s step-out:

Here are some samples from Sandy and stay tuned for the recap of today’s session!

Have fun with this and when you post, please add in #foccsee (and #tangleaddicts if you don’t mind.) Thank you Sandy for adding to our tangle library and experience! What a fun tangle!!!

On today’s Tangle Time sessions, we are premiering another wonderful tangle by Sandy Vaughn AKA The Irish Tangler. Sandy said on her Instagram post, “I was subliminally inspired I think by @starmaroarts and all her wonderful steampunk art”. Click HERE for a link to the post – make sure to follow @theirishtangler while you are there!

Here is Sandy’s step-out:

Here are some samples from Sandy and stay tuned for the recap of today’s session!

Have fun with this and when you post, please add in #starpunk (and #tangleaddicts if you don’t mind.) Thank you Sandy for adding to our tangle library and experience! What a fun tangle!!!

#Woccoh is a tangle by Sandy Vaughan. @theirishtangler (Instagram)

I asked Sandy about the inspiration of her tangle, she said: ” My hubby was my inspiration for the name. Woccoh is a word he uses all the time when he jokes around with me, it’s just a fun word of our own. I came up with the pattern when I was sketching out new dog tags for our three doggies. The bone shape became the top of the M-like shape of woccoh and it just emerged after a play around with it.”

These are samples from Sandy’s Instagram page, published her with her permission. Links are at the bottom of each picture.

Here is her step-out

The birth of a tangle.

Sandy shares pictures of her inspiration for the tangle and some of her early step-out workings.