Fragments as strings

Are you ever stuck for a string? Even if not, try choosing a fragment and pencilling it onto your tile to use as the string.

Below I've used four fragments of Flukes. You can see the actual tangle in the upper left corner and elsewhere. Doing the fragment so much larger than usual offers many opportunities to add other tangles to the design.

Tangles: Black Pearlz, Cubine, Flukes, Pearlz,
Slowpoke, Tipple, Zonked 

In color, here are two fragments of Jalousie. The full tangle can be seen behind each "lollipop".

Tangles: Boucle, Cirqital, Fohbraid, Jalousie, Ragz

Similar to fragment K5 from the Zentangle Primer book, this didn't work out as nicely as I'd hoped. It might be more interesting if I'd interlaced the two ovals.

Tangles: Black Pearlz, Betweed, Crescent Moon, Zonked

And here's a fragment of the tangle Well, with a lot of Mooka! Well itself can be seen on the left side.

Tangles: Boucle, Mooka, Tipple, Well

On a tan tile, fragment J1.

Tangles: Paisley Boa, Perfs, Tipple

I think this next one is too busy-looking. Not my favorite. It's fragment X2 (in the Primer book) which is rather intricate to begin with, but I think I tried to do too much with it.

Tangles: Beadlines, Dex, Gneiss, Knightsbridge, Snail, Tidings

Finally, a fragment of Crusade, a tangle I really struggled with initially. You can see it at the lower right and upper left. This tile, and the first shown (Flukes) are my two favorites. (F-Y2).

Tangles: Apacore, Crescent Moon, Crusade, Pearlz, Tipple

I'd love to see what you do using a fragment as your string!