Decisions, Decisions

Have you ever had a week like this?

It seems like everything I worked on this past week ended up with multiple versions. I just couldn't make up my mind which to go with. I narrowed them down to two for each challenge.

First is the Diva's Challenge #202, a DuoTangle:   
Chebucto versus Copada.

 

They are similar, yet different; different enough that they even look better seen from different directions. 
I just couldn't decide.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site to see the other wonderful entries; it's amazing how different all the responses are. Maybe you'll be inspired to try out one of the Challenges yourself. ``````````````````````````````````````````````

The next one is That String Thing #77.
String 077 by Barbara Finwall

and any or all of the following patterns:

Heartrope by Bunny Wright
Heartstrings by Helen Williams
Heartvine by Lori Howe
Luv-a by CZT Sharon Coforio

I used all 4 of the patterns in one form or other. 

I actually had 4 versions, but broke it down to just 2: 

1 black and white and 1 in color. I like them both.

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, 

when she offers the new ones.

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I was also working on SquareOne and joey's challenge, but wanted to get at least these 2 posted. 

I'll see if I can finish the others and post them soon.

Diva's Challenge #201: Moebius Syndrome

This Saturday, January 24th, 

is Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day. This week's challenge is to do a tile in honor of the Diva and her son, Artoo (who has this syndrome), and to help raise awareness of it.

I have used the Moebius Syndrome Foundation's logo as the string for this tile, the tangles Meer and Kiss within the string, and the Diva's tangle Artoo lacing through it.

 

I used a Sharpie fine purple pen, as well as a Micron 05 purple pen, and Prismacolor pencils in Dark Purple, Parma Violet, Mulberry, and Spring Green; and overlaid the Artoo tangle with with a Green Metallic Gelly Roll pen. Of course the metallic shine doesn't show up.  

I have another idea; if time allows I'll try it, and maybe post it.

Square One, BB;

The tangle selected for Square One this week is BB.

I dashed this off, and was quite pleased with it until I noticed that it was a bit messy here and there.

 So I did another one, much neater, but I don't think the shape and flow are as good as the original. Which only proves, yet again, that you can never regain the spontaneity of your original try.

You be the judge.

joey's weekly challenge #43

When I saw joey's latest challenge I wasn't so sure that I wanted to do it, because it involved doing 4 tiles. I just didn't think I could devote that much time to one challenge. Essentially, it involves doing the same tile 4 times, and then putting them together to create a new tile altogether. I decided to cheat a little, and use Bijou (2") tiles instead of the full 3½" ones. I based it on a tile I did for an earlier Diva's Challenge

 Here are 2 versions I did with the Bijou tiles:

I tried putting them together in different configurations, but none of them worked at all. So this is it. I've looked  at some of the other entries, and they obviously did tiles that worked better in this concept. So, lesson learned, I think. If we get this sort of challenge again, I'll be prepared.

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I just found another way that works, sort of:

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Take a look at joey’s site to see the other entries, 

and maybe try one yourself.

String Thing #75

Well, this week the String Thing challenge is #75;  

where does the time go?

For this challenge the string to use was Maria's #075, naturally

What a fun string!

 

 and any or all of the following tangles by Maria:
Bales
Echoism
Ennies
Poke Leaf  and/or Poke Root

I used Echoism, and tangleations of Ennies and Poke Leaf.

 This was a fun challenge to do, although I have to admit that I wasn't so sure about it before I started. But once I got going, 

it did fall in place nicely.

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, when she offers the new ones.