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!