Tangle Obsession

For the love of tangles. This blog is for everyone from all neurological perspectives [checks mail about 1x/week]

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Moving to Reddit

I didnt like the tumblr platform for a number of reasons. i couldn’t respond well to people, i didnt know how to tag people, interaction was limited- discouraging people from talking to eachother, and also i couldnt search or organize anything.

and then the porn ban was the last straw for me.

so out of all the alternatives, i chose reddit because the general feeling there is that helpful people want to help you DIY for as cheap as possible- which is sometething that i feel relates well to the tangle toys. i want to make easily searchable guides for tangle problems, and make it easy to discuss the stim toy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TangleToy/

I don’t want to be the first to make a post (ill be working on the wiki and moving posts from tumblr to reddit for a while) so i have a challenge for all tangle lovers-

post your favorite pictures of tangles to cristen the new site!

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Moving to Reddit

I didnt like the tumblr platform for a number of reasons. i couldn’t respond well to people, i didnt know how to tag people, interaction was limited- discouraging people from talking to eachother, and also i couldnt search or organize anything.

and then the porn ban was the last straw for me.

so out of all the alternatives, i chose reddit because the general feeling there is that helpful people want to help you DIY for as cheap as possible- which is sometething that i feel relates well to the tangle toys. i want to make easily searchable guides for tangle problems, and make it easy to discuss the stim toy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TangleToy/

I don’t want to be the first to make a post (ill be working on the wiki and moving posts from tumblr to reddit for a while) so i have a challenge for all tangle lovers-

post your favorite pictures of tangles to cristen the new site!

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jk im flooding it with posts. join me

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Moving to Reddit

I didnt like the tumblr platform for a number of reasons. i couldn't respond well to people, i didnt know how to tag people, interaction was limited- discouraging people from talking to eachother, and also i couldnt search or organize anything. and then the porn ban was the last straw for me. so out of all the alternatives, i chose reddit because the general feeling there is that helpful people want to help you DIY for as cheap as possible- which is sometething that i feel relates well to the tangle toys. i want to make easily searchable guides for tangle problems, and make it easy to discuss the stim toy. https://www.reddit.com/r/TangleToy/ I don't want to be the first to make a post (ill be working on the wiki and moving posts from tumblr to reddit for a while) so i have a challenge for all tangle lovers- post your favorite pictures of tangles to cristen the new site!

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I recently fixed my tangle! It was squeaky and loose in some links, so I took the whole thing apart and soaked them in soapy water in the sink for 10 mins. most. Then, I took Q-tips to clean off the links closer, especially the ones with dirt on them. Then, I dried them off w/ a towel, (used compressed air to make sure all the water was out of the links) and filed down some of the links with a nail file and added nail polish to the loose links. I let it dry, put it back together! :)

nail polish! such a good idea!

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Why did you start using tangle toys? Are they just for fun or something else?

I first saw the tangle in a youtube video, and i always wanted to try it. when i saw it at a museum gift shop, i bought it immediately. I became obsessed with it when i realized how visually interesting they look, and how good they feel in my hands. Despite being neurotypical, the tangle helped me study in school and calm down when stressed or anxious. 

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I was wondering if you could help me at all, I have a tangle (a plain plastic one) and I really like it but I can't stand the noise it makes! Something about the plastic hitting together really bothers me. I'm trying to find an alternative that feels the same but doesn't make noise, any ideas? I don't like felt or sticky stuff so the rubber and fuzzy tangles are no good. Are there any types of tangles that are plastic but don't make noise?

you can try taking it apart, and adding spikeez to the joints, its a silicone art supply. I have not tried it, but it may reduce the squeak. 

unfortunately, my only other solution is to buy a new tangle when it starts to squeak. 

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buying tangles in montrieal

divertioz in the underground shopping mall near the contemporary art museum -- i think the green line metro station Place-des-Arts metro. the mall is jardin something

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both walmart and target seem to have stopped stocking tangles

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9/21/18

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How did you first learn about tangles?

a friend in middle school thought he had tritch and sent me videos about it, and in them a girl had a tangle. they looked so cool. years later i found one in a gift shop and had to buy it.

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Blurr and focus

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$5 and under stim toys

hey! if ur a super super poor person like me, sometimes u cant even afford $10 for a stim toy.

not to worry ! here are some stim toys that are $5 and under, INCLUDING SHIPPING !

Spinners:

style 1 ($0.72) | style 2 ($1.59)

style 3 (3.99 + 0.99) | style 3 ($1.69)

Fidget cubes:

style 1 ($0.99 + $0.80 shipping) | style 2 ($3.98)

style 3 ($3.68) | style 4 (2.61)

Tangles:

style 1 ($1.45 | style 2 ($0.99 + $0.69 shipping) | style 3 ($4.20)

style 4 ($2.43) | style 5 (1.99) | style 6 (1.99)

Squishies:

bunnies ($3.61) | cup kitty ($3.78) | narwhal ($1.90)

pandas ($0.72) | cat bread ($1.99) | whale ($1.89)

strawberries ($1.32) | peach ($2.70) | carrot ($1.47)

Misc. hand-busying fidgets:

magnetic beads ($4.38) | chain fidgets ($1.28)

6 stretchy strings ($4.98) | boinks ($0.99)

Gel/water-based toys:

grape ball ($1.79) | spitting gudetama ($0.99) | fruit squisher ($1.96)

gudetama egg ($1.78 + $0.73 ship.) | gel eggs ($2.52) | watermelon ($3.29)

edamame squish ($1.09) | 1,000 orbeez ($0.99) |  giant orbeez ($0.72)

Slime:

barrel o slime ($1.22) | color changing putty ($3.99)

magnet putty ($0.99) | glass putty ($2.91)

Puzzle toys:

puzzle ball ($2.95) | puzzle pyramid ($3.99)

twisty ($1.99) | puzzle cube ($3.11)

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I hope this helps!

if you can, please do support ND stim toy creators. this post is specifically so ND people without much money can afford the things they need to function!

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hide and seek tanlge

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howdy! out of curiosity, can you buy custom tangles of whatever colors you want, or do you have to custom make them? if so, do you buy spare parts for them or just put various pieces of them together? i want a custom tangle really bad since ive lost all my stim toys lol

Some etsy shops will sell custom tangles, such as tangles with silicone spikes or sparkly plastic gemstones attached to the pieces. As for custom color combinations, I have made my own. I made an all-clear tangle by buying 3 tangles that all had 6 clear links each. And then i bought a fourth tangle with a varied color combination so that I could mix and match the patterns. 

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This is my little guy that had a cracked peice. I removed that peice and another, and then put it together like this. Its only really good for sliding the loops around, the twisting of the body is difficult for one hand. As far as stimming sensation goes, I like the tangle in its original form. But this is nice for a change of pace.

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Some photos of my camo tangle outside in West Virginia

TangO: The reflection on the water looks amazing! these are much great pictures

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These tangle pics by https://pianogirl1174.tumblr.com/ aren't getting the love they deserve. They're awesome. @pianogirl1174 Why do @links never work for me?

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i didnt know you could tie tangles

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I didn’t either! What a lovely bowtie you’ve made! 🎀

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most of my tangles

i really like the ben 10 dna glow and the almost-trans tangle (it has clear instead of white but i plan on getting another tangle to make it a Real Trans Tangle)