Poll: Do you enjoy Jigsaw Puzzles?

Do you enjoy jigsaw puzzles?

  • Yes

    Votes: 21 50.0%
  • No

    Votes: 16 38.1%
  • I have no opinion on jigsaw puzzles but I really want a nice hot drink. Has anyone got any bovril?

    Votes: 5 11.9%

  • Total voters
    42
I used to. I did a few fairly large ones but that was decades ago, one in particular took me months, was the size of our dining room table and was mostly trees so was very tricky.

We now have cats who like to sit on things so not sure if it would work out if I wanted to do a jigsaw now.
 
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During lockdown but not any more.
I got good at them in the end and had a method that worked well if anyone can be bothered to read it.

first you separate the edges and put to one side

then with what remains you lay them all out face up, then separate into multiple trays. Go by color and areas of the picture etc.
this is the key, the better you separate and organise them at this stage, the easier it will be.

start building the edge, put the 4 corners at the correct distance ( says the size of the jigsaw on the box )

then build all the edge, if you get stuck then separate into shapes in lines in front of you and only certain lines can possibly fit so simply try all those and see what fits properly. You may need to adjust as you go if any were wrong.

then after you have the edge, start from the easiest part of the jigsaw and find it in the trays.

keep doing the easiest parts of the jigsaw all the way up to the end.

near the end you will should be left with all the very hard parts but now you will only have a small amount of pieces to work with so separate into shapes, making lines in front of you.

if it is a blank sky or whatever then you may need to just try every shape that can fit existing parts of the jigsaw that you have already done.

usually there is a slight shading differences so try to do the jigsaw near a window, natural light helps a lot with very hard parts.
 
Years ago me & the girlfriend at the time used to make a lot of jigsaw puzzles
But i haven't made any for years now.

A few pictures from years ago (2008)
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During lockdown but not any more.
I got good at them in the end and had a method that worked well if anyone can be bothered to read it.

first you separate the edges and put to one side

then with what remains you lay them all out face up, then separate into multiple trays. Go by color and areas of the picture etc.
this is the key, the better you separate and organise them at this stage, the easier it will be.

start building the edge, put the 4 corners at the correct distance ( says the size of the jigsaw on the box )

then build all the edge, if you get stuck then separate into shapes in lines in front of you and only certain lines can possibly fit so simply try all those and see what fits properly. You may need to adjust as you go if any were wrong.

then after you have the edge, start from the easiest part of the jigsaw and find it in the trays.

keep doing the easiest parts of the jigsaw all the way up to the end.

near the end you will should be left with all the very hard parts but now you will only have a small amount of pieces to work with so separate into shapes, making lines in front of you.

if it is a blank sky or whatever then you may need to just try every shape that can fit existing parts of the jigsaw that you have already done.

usually there is a slight shading differences so try to do the jigsaw near a window, natural light helps a lot with very hard parts.

Similar strategy I follow, although towards the end if there's a hard bit with a block of pretty much the same colour I split into piles of no-male, 1-male, 2-male, 3-male and 4-male. Then just brute force your way around the edges by picking a piece and rotating and moving onto the next piece until you eventually come across the bit that fits. You normally end up with mostly 2-male pieces - either opposite ends, or 2-males on adjacent sides. So when you find a bit that say needs 3-males you've only got a small pile to choose from.
 
I enjoy a good puzzle. My parents got me one for Xmas last year at 32yrs old lol. I have brought my mum a 1000 piece for Xmas this year.

Tactics wise if I want to go for a speed run I do
- edge pieces
- colour groups
- elements shown (person, furniture)
- corners set to distant etc

If I'm doing it more to make self a challenge and not using setup to see how long takes just brute force then it can be a while. Especially if you go for something like this which was what got my mum cause colours being murky.

 
I enjoy the Wasgij puzzles, where the picture on the box is say a scene, but the puzzle you have to make isn't exactly the same. It may be viewed from a different angle, or after an event has happened, so you have to guess somewhat what the picture is.
 
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