Using tangles as strings

If you're stuck for a string, try a tangle writ large (and perhaps simplified).

Here's Crescent Moon, done large in pencil, then tangled.

Tangles: Arukas, Beadlines, Betweed, Tipple (in various forms)

Then I tried using a section of Wayne Harlow's tangle Crusade.

Tangles: Crescent Moon, Finery, Florz, Knightsbridge,
Munchin, Paizel, Printemps, Shattuck

Cherryl Moote, a CZT in Ontario Canada, used the tangle Xyp for the lines of her string, then filled it with other tangles.

I like to do blind strings: drawing the pencil string with my eyes closed. It gives me some interesting and unexpected shapes to fill with tangles. Here I drew some basic Shattuck shapes with my eyes closed, then continued with the Shattuck idea for the tangling.

Tangles: Black Pearlz, Pearlz, Shattuck, and stripes

I did another blind string using Romanancy, and again used that tangle when it came to filling in. I like how it resembles entrances or exits to caves or buildings.

Tangles: Beadlines, Diva Dance, Printemps, Romanancy

And finally, here's Amy Broady's Paisley Boa tangle, done large in pencil, then tangled.

Tangles: Black Pearlz, Droplets, Footlights, Knightsbridge,
Tipple, and partial Arukas