KNIGHTSBRIDGE, and then some

Tangles: Knightsbridge

 Knightsbridge is one of the simplest tangles.
I always teach it in my Introduction class, on the first tile.
But wait! There is a lot you can do with a simple idea!

VARY THE SCALE - Do the tangle smaller or larger than you usually do.

HARLEQUIN - Do a series of parallel lines and do the next set of lines at an angle instead of perpendicular.

CURVY LINES - Draw all your lines curvy rather than straight.

MONOTANGLE - Use Knightsbridge in the dark squares of Knightsbridge.

 BORDER

Or a line. (Use Beadlines to fill - oops - extra space!)


ONE BY ONE - Draw the squares one by one instead of drawing a grid. It's a little more time-consuming but has a slightly different effect.

IRREGULAR LINES - Draw your lines with deliberately variable spacing.

OP ART EFFECT - Use variable spacing, but in a regular fashion. Start with wide spacing in the middle and gradually diminish it as you move toward the edges, or do the reverse and start with very narrow spacing in the middle and get wider toward the edges.

LIGHTEN OR DARKEN - Use thin lines to lighten (lines instead of black) or darken (lines instead of white).

Added March 6, 2013 with thanks to Maria Vennekens, CZT:
WOVEN EFFECT - When using thin lines in some squares you can shade the ends of those squares.

AURAS - Use Knightsbridge as an Aura around another tangle.

(Umm, yeah, that's a bit over the top, but you get the idea! Needs shading too.)
Tangles: Flux, Opus, Paisley Boa, Knightsbridge Aura

TWILIGHT ZONE - A Knightsbridge variation from Suzanne McNeill, also a CZT, found in her booklet Zentangle 2. Here Knightsbridge is done in the round with irregular circles. You can vary it by filling some of the squares with lines of different widths, or wavy lines.

Tangles: Cubine, Lava Juice, Rain, Twilight Zone

COMBOS - Mix and match any of the above!

KNIGHTSPEEK
I was quite taken by a new tangle from Donna Lacy, CZT.  It's a tangleation of Knightsbridge that she calls Knightspeek. Originally I read it as "knight speak" but, looking at the pattern I thought was "knight's peak", what with the pointy points and all. But it's 'peek' not 'peak' so... I don't know! But it's very cool.

One of the fun things is that it leaves part of that section empty. You can leave it that way or fill it with something else. Donna shows it as an 'X' through the middle of a section, but you can also do it along two or three edges of the section. You can even to it along all the edges, in which case you end up with a 'hole' in the middle. Try using it randomly in several places on the tile and see how it connects. Great fun!

Tangles: Crescent Moon, Knightspeek, Tipple, Voga

Tangles: Beadlines , Knightspeek, Palrevo, Perfs, Shing, Tipple