Thursday, April 7, 2016

Fassett, and more

I have liked CZT Lynn Mead's tangle Fassett since I first encountered it. It is simple to do, is based on triangle shapes, and once shaded has a lovely 3D aspect. See the step-outs here on tanglepatterns.com.

On Monday I had done a string of nested triangles, some overlapping. Fassett seemed a good choice of tangle, and it was interesting working with the overlaps. This is the tile that resulted.
Tangles: Fassett, Beadlines, Munchin.
THEN I read the Diva's challenge and discovered that the challenge this week is Fassett! I'm feeling rather prescient. I did another tile intending to be a simpler Fassett, but it had its own ideas.
Tangles: Fassett, Knase, Beadlines, and elements of
Crescent Moon, Gneiss, and Cubine.
Then, in my effort to use tan tiles more often, I did this one. I used Sue Clark's tri-shape string idea. When I shaded it I tried to make the three shapes remain evident.
Tangles: Fassett, and elements of Zonked
Lynn also has two related tangles, Fassettoo and Phroz. Fassettoo, instead of drawing the inner triangles, has dove-tailed corners like Hibred. I wanted to try both these variations of Fassett. First, Fassettoo:
Tangles: Fassettoo, Fassett, Pearlz, Knase,
and elements of Zonked
I wanted to try Phroz on a blue stained tile (for the frosty, icy, crystally thing, you know). I suggest you check out Lynn's step-outs for Phroz here, because what I ended up with is a poor representation of the tangle! It's supposed to have 6-pointed stars (like snowflakes, you know) but I accidentally added an extra line going across and ended up with 8-pointed stars. I also added extra points in most of the inner triangle spaces - which I rather like but it's not part of Phroz. I intend to try it again, taking more care to have proper, 6-pointed snowflakes.
Tangles: Phroz-not, Beadlines, and a few Pearlz
Thanks, Lynn, for three enchanting tangles!

15 comments:

  1. icy frosty goodness! Blue is the best colour!!

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  2. Enjoyed all your tangles, great job!!

    Joyce

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  3. I love that you keep playing with such delightful variations! The third is my favorite. Great job!

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  4. these are terrific! and I'm also thinking of another pointy star looking pattern, similar to phroz...darned if i can recall the name of it, though. heh. But I love the "cubist" effect of making your fassitt large. Neat-o!

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    1. Might it be Gneiss or Afterglo? Gneiss has strong black and white; Afterglo is all lines.

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    2. It was something with an X in the name, or Cross in the name. I'll pop back in when I find it. It's in one of my old sketchbooks, which means leafing through them all, darn it ;)

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    3. It is Xpetals that I'm thinking of! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/289989663483353056/ that's a sample but it isn't on tanglepatterns.com

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    4. Thanks HeidiSue. I hadn't heard of that one yet.

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  5. I like the variations on a theme you have going here and that renaissance tile is a joy.

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  6. All are lovely!!! I really like the overlap in the first. Your tan tile is exquisite in the shading and keeping the shapes evident. The blue one calls to me also. I like the variety between the 6 and 8 points. Such rich work!

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    1. Thanks Kate. I like the overlap effect too. It can become confusing, but I think the black centers keep things in order.

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  7. Great work and such great variation. I really like the 3D effect in your second one.

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  8. As always, love all the tiles you did.

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  9. Wow! You've revealed so many possibilities - awesome, beautiful work!

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