I'm very excited because I've just deconstructed my first tangle! We spent the weekend at my in-laws, and I couldn't help noticing this border on one of their decorative plates:
I wondered if I could turn it into a tangle, so I drew it out a few times in my sketchbook, modifying it to make sure it just uses the elemental strokes, and working out the best stepout.
So here goes - I'd like to introduce 'LilyMay', named after my father-in-law's mother, who owned the plate that inspire the tangle:
In step 6, the pattern repeats the other way up - I find it easiest to rotate the tile for each alternate 'frond'.
I don't think it needs much shading, but I quite like a little bit under the 'fescu' branches.
Here it is in quite a large format on a square tile:
With an aura and perfs it can be a ribbon tangle:
It can also be drawn quite small - think this would make a nice border:
Here it is as a border on a Zendala, along with LucyB's new tangle Essence (and Scrawlz by Jane Dickinson)
I'd love to know what you think - is this acceptable as a tangle?!
Please let me know if this design already exists, or if this name has already been used.