The Urban dictionary defines it as a picture that makes an ugly girl look good. Also is a term used by gangs in reference to other members of the same game. It also defines some usages of the word that I chose not to repeat.

Tangle = "A large twisted mass" according to Webster. Oh, what a tangled web she weaves with her lies is the phrase I grew up with in my era.

I have no idea.

I loved her articles. I will have to look for her book. I'm sure I would enjoy it. I need to see the word used in a sentence before I guess the meaning.
Sue

Helen Kelley's THE JOY OF QUILTING is one of the most enjoyable books I have read. It is a collection of short stories about quilting and her adventures. You would all enjoy it.

This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle."

Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle.

Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing!

You wrote "a fangle" so I'm assuming it's something tangible. Is it some sort of triangle, or just plain angle?

Yep...I am 61 and my maternal Grandmom used that word alot...lol...Naomi

I was thinking of something like a thangle.

Is it anything like a "thingamajig"? haha Sounds like a "new fangled" word to me!

The answer is above. Read UP!