Friday, July 13, 2012

Auraknot

Auraknot is the new tangle from Zentangle central. It looks wonderfully interwoven and can look a bit like Celtic knotwork in some cases. Auraknot ia also this week's challenge from the Diva.

 Here are my first two tries. On the left Auraknot with Tripoli and Black Pearlz. On the right I tried threading the tangle Blake through the Auraknot. It wasn't as successful as I'd hoped but I do like the wavy lines from the points.

Then I tried two on round tiles. The first was a blank tile, and I wanted to try Auraknot beginning with 'a Fengle' and a circle running through it. Then it went on all kinds of adventures!
Tangles: Auraknot, Beadlines, Black Pearlz, Knightsbridge Auras,
Paradox, Rounding, and elements of Cadent, Finery, Munchin,
Purslane, Sanibelle, Striping, Tripoli, and possibly more. Whew!

The second round tile was one with a pre-strung template and it's very regular. I used only Auraknot and some elements of Florez. This is a fun tangle. I think the only thing I don't like is that the shading can be quite finnicky. But I try to be zen about it. I'll be using this tangle again.