Path Silly question about paths...

[Ankhes]

I've noticed that there are quite a few paths out there that have little pieces of colour, such as black, or white, and usually a square or triangle in one corner and the other parts of the set do the same in the other corners.

Why is this? I've never used a path like that because I don't know what they are supposed to mean and to me they just look strange.

I use paths that have all the directions, including the curves, but I just took another look at a candyland path made by Amykins and she has a full set with the curves, and also she has ones with the tiny candy-stripe in each corner.

Why? I don't understand. What am I missing out on as far as path possibilities?

 

[Stacie]

They're inside corners!

Example:


I don't usually make them/use them for my paths because I don't want to take up more pattern spaces.

 

[Ankhes]

Oh, my goodness - now it makes perfect sense and I feel a bit silly. Thank you so much, Stacie! Mystery solved and now I know.

But of course now I probably won't use them either, unless I have only one or two types of paths I'm using and I have 3 mules. Come to think of it, I've cut out one path type in my Main Town, so maybe I'll use the candy inside corners after all.

Thanks again for answering my very newbie question.