A Little Crochet

I like to crochet using fine lace weight yarn.  I designed this little scarf to use up a miniscule 11g of yarn after spinning some beautiful English Leicester wool that I got at the Bothwell SpinIn last month.

I called this pattern A Little JEM.

Pretty cute I think! 

Jane's Pattern "Fern" and introducing "Nerfy"

I see that Tangle Patterns (aka Linda Farmer) has put directions up for my pattern Fern (thankyou Linda)  ... I do love this pattern - very versatile ... I thought I would show you a project that I have underway ... with a better example of "Fern" and introduce to you his little brother "Nerfy".   Nerfy is the fern before it gets to being a fern, that little tendril that comes up first.

The Fern pattern has lots of opportunity for drawing in other patterns inside it ... here I have used my pattern "Raindotty" and a basic circle pattern with a dark background.  I love the effect.

Also today I had a comment that a few of my patterns were like other peoples patterns ... this is bound to happen as we are all influenced by the same nature and things that abound on Mother Earth.   However ... I would like to say that my patterns "Connectors" and "Loave It" were first "published" in July 2010, before the other pattern came out.  Having said that ... there are subtle differences and in the long run, I don't think it really matters ... just enjoy the patterns.

I am looking forward to the weekend ... I am teaching a full two day workshop incorporating Illuminated Letters into your tangling as well as Shading and Colouring ... I can't wait.   If you want to book your own private workshop (minimum of 5 people)  contact me ... I'd love to hear from you and can be contacted here at Jane Monk Studio....  Happy Tangling for now ... Jane x

New Pattern - Kitty

Here is a little pattern for you .... watching my cats has inspired me to make this Zentangle Pattern which I have called "Kitty"

Don't you just love the little ears ... you can put faces in or not ... this pattern makes me smile everytime I look at it.


Enjoy!

New Pattern - Trimonds

Here is a new pattern ... you can see that shading makes all the difference ... you can shade those little segments in any way and you will get a different look - very 3Dimensional. 

I have called this pattern "Trimonds"  because it is diamonds made into triangles.

I hope you all like it.

Happy Tangling for now ... Jane x

New Zentangle Patterns

Over the past few evenings I have been coming up with some new patterns.   If you look closely you should find  six of my new patterns in this Tangled Zentangle.   I will draw up the steps over the next few evenings and post them here.

Zentangle is coming to Tasmania ... if you would like to learn how to draw Zentangles, I will be having more beginners classes soon, so contact me here.

Happy tangling for now ... Jane

New Pattern - Scrumble

I call this pattern "scrumble" because I got the idea from wool when doing some crochet scrumbling.   You can play with the shading to make individual bobbles pop out or make it look like you have a cable by just shading one line.

You can see this pattern in my last post.

I quickly drew this together today when I remembered that I said I would post it.

I have also been playing some more with Zendalas ... I do really like them a lot.

You can incorporate anything into them.

I also did a one-on-one tutorial last week - this was very successful and is a good lead up to my Adult education class called "Mini Ink Art"  in Launceston on Sunday 1 August 2010  - the first class is nearly full - so if you want to join in you had better book soon.

Happy tangling for now .... Jane x