Puzzles
I'm willing to bet most people have worked on at least one puzzle during the pandemic. I put so many together during December that I burnt myself out. I may tackle another one yet this winter, but not just yet.
I prefer to work on 1000 piece puzzles, and I don't particularly like to assemble puzzles of just a pretty scene. I want puzzles with a lot of variation, color, and visual interest.
What kind of puzzles do you prefer?
I've put together about 20 over the past year, most of them 1,000 piece. But I've had one on the table for over a month that I just couldn't solve. There were 2 sections that were defeating my efforts, and I was losing interest. So . . . yesterday I scooped it all up and put it back in the box. Maybe in a week or so I'll pull out a new puzzle. I've even traded puzzles with a couple of folks. I like lots of color and variety too.
ReplyDeleteWe like puzzles that are managable, so usually that means 500- or 750-piece puzzles.
ReplyDeleteI like the 1,000 piece ones too. A friend has a couple of 2,000 piece puzzles she will give us - hard to imagine! I love the National Parks one that we just did. Next up is one Colin & Mailing brought over - a New Yorker cover, but it is mostly white which should make it difficult.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done a puzzle in years.... though I guess quilts are a kind of puzzle... in their own way!
ReplyDeleteI'm not really a puzzle person. Steve and I put a couple together back when we lived in Florida. I liked the one with all the candy bars the best. It was tricky because the same candy bar was in several places.
ReplyDeleteI think we have a Thomas Kincade one in the office closet, but it hasn't been opened. It still has the celophane wrapper on it.
We like puzzles and prefer ones with all their pieces!
ReplyDeleteHa! I haven't done one last year ... wait I put a few pieces in on our cruise last January. Weird because I do like puzzles but I do them online -- small ones that I can get done fairly quickly.
ReplyDeleteI do NOT enjoy puzzles in the least unless they are for children and I can put them together with Piper. I have three friends though who have each had a puzzle on the go for the entire last year of quarantines. They exchange puzzles with each other which is great for variety as they all like 1000 piece puzzles. My sister has had a puzzle on her table for about the last 25-30 years. She works on them constantly and likes the really colorful, intricate ones.
ReplyDeleteDennis thinks it would maybe enjoy them during retirement. That's great as long as I don't have to do them too. :-)
Blessings,
Betsy
I am hooked on the itty bitty ones. They are cheap as dirt on ebay and the 500 piecers are just enough of a challenge that I don't get bored with them. I don't like pretty scenes either. I want a whole bunch of different stuff to work on. I just watched a You Tube video about how doing puzzles does amazing stuff to our brains. I've done so many since the pandemic started that you'd think I'd be a genius by now but I still can't seem to count to 6 when I am knitting.
ReplyDeleteThat is just too funny! Maybe then I could get my husband to do one with me! lol
ReplyDeleteMy sister is the puzzler in our family. The last time I helped with a puzzle was with the GK recently and that was enough.
ReplyDeleteI love the puzzles that Eastside Cats puts out. THey are small and take me about half an dhour, and you hear each piece click which I LOVE, when you do her puzzles on line
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