Was pleasantly surprised by how this one came out. The original pattern (#71977 by Odanak1811 on braceletbook) was done up in red, white blue and black and I just thought it looked like Xs with dots on top. Decided to go with a different palette and now I can see little snake heads! The two diamonds on the side are like eyes, there’s a figure eight running down the face, and the bottom of the X is like a forked tongue. I guess it popped out because red yellow and black, and solid green, are colors I associate with snakes.
Was feeling fancy so I tried my hand at a solid color teardrop loop and transverse four-strand braids for the ties. I think they came out good! Wish I could have shifted the pattern down a little at the start so I wasn’t cutting off any snakes, but I’ll know for next time if I ever do this pattern again. Going to call this one Rasta Snakes