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All Jigsaw Puzzlers out there post your puzzles!
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Lorcan
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I mean, I never thought losing my computer would work in my favour, but I'm not complaining. Something about seeing an image come together is incredibly satisfying.
I haven't been able to tackle more of my new jigsaws but here is my latest effort. I like the moodiness of it.
After the Rain is a Gibson jigsaw but a good quality one. Nice thick pieces that only fit one way and in one place.
After the Rain is a Gibson jigsaw but a good quality one. Nice thick pieces that only fit one way and in one place.
piggieminder
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I made After The Rain last year before we started this thread. I really enjoyed doing it, it was a little bit harder than the ones I've made recently with all the grey wet stones! It's one I've kept to make again.
I sorted the pieces into 'sky/green tree leaves', 'orange light patches' and 'cobbles' and a lot of darkish leftovers (and of course the rim) but there were actually only very few plain dark pieces; most had some patterning and enough colour variation to prevent things from getting really frustrating. You need some good daylight for the darkest bits but by working the jigsaw from light shades to dark I got there sooner than expected considering I only started yesterday afternoon and had to work in shorter boosts.
Certainly one I don't mind laying again.
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I was doing it in artificial light I think so some of the colour variations were hard to see. I seem to remember the area of and around the tree on the right was hard. I had two pieces wrong around the window and it took me a long time to work it out.I sorted the pieces into 'sky/green tree leaves', 'orange light patches' and 'cobbles' and a lot of darkish leftovers (and of course the rim) but there were actually only very few plain dark pieces; most had some patterning and enough colour variation to prevent things from getting really frustrating. You need some good daylight for the darkest bits but by working the jigsaw from light shades to dark I got there sooner than expected considering I only started yesterday afternoon and had to work in shorter boosts.
Certainly one I don't mind laying again.
I got as far as all the lighter parts by yesterday evening but finished the dark pieces with the various trees and plants this morning with plenty of breaks to rest my eyes.
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Last year I had a puzzle made. I came across this company online Venus Puzzle
It was a lovely one to do as it had all my animals, past & present, on it.
Two of the edge pieces were almost exactly the same so I had a bit of bother with those.
It was a lovely one to do as it had all my animals, past & present, on it.
Two of the edge pieces were almost exactly the same so I had a bit of bother with those.
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I love this puzzle.
It’s the one I have on the go in Yorkshire so maybe when we move it’ll get finished.
It looks good
You have obviously started somewhere and slogged it out! Well done on getting it done. You are a braver person than me...
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Bottom right in the end. Best way in the end because I did the worst part (the tree trunk) last, I wasn't expecting it to be as out of focus as it was and it was a nightmare lol.
'Upstairs, Downstairs' (from Ravensburger) is the one of my new charity shop jigsaws I have been looking forward to most.
It has been fun to do. I find jigsaws that I can work my way round bit by bit the most relaxing. Lots of little details to enjoy along the way...
Sadly, one piece is missing.
It has been fun to do. I find jigsaws that I can work my way round bit by bit the most relaxing. Lots of little details to enjoy along the way...
Sadly, one piece is missing.
Betsy
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This is my charity jigsaw its a real pig to do! All the pieces are the same shape and they all fit in every space even though they don't go there! I'll be very pleased when it's finished! It's called Riverside Wildlife.
Those are the kinds of jigsaws I like least. So frustrating - especially the rather large sky area. A pity for the lovely picture.
May you not run out of tea bags or get a cramp in your upper lip!
Lorcan
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Sky, cool. Water, cool. Animals, cool. Foliage? You're a braver human than I, especially with the pieces so uniform.
Betsy
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Its the hedgehogs that are the worst. There are nine of them to do! The five you can see and the four reflections. The foliage is easy. The sky I have attempted and gave up!
All the best with your hedgehogs!
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I'm missing doing a jigsaw, I thought I would have finished no.4 in the policeman set by now. I'm also missing sitting with the piggies while I do puzzles. I damaged my back last week, it's been playing up for a few months, threatening to give out completely and it did! I can't sit downstairs, getting up is too painful so I've spent a week sitting on the bed with my feet up. Going downstairs isn't too bad but coming back up is agony. I did manage an hour on the chair in the garden one warm afternoon but the weather's not been good enough to do it again. Thank goodness for Sainsbury's home delivery, my partner's been brilliant on cage clean duty. I'm getting bored!
Betsy
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A bad back is terrible @piggieminder you have my complete sympathy. Luckily my QL muscle hasn't played up for over 4 years now as I know how to stretch it out when it does start grumbling. When it does go I can't walk, sit down, stand or lie down without being in absolute agony!
Betsy
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@piggieminder, I found that my walking poles helped with my bad back and when the very lovely Clare (the neighbour where I used to live) had a bad back she said a walking stick helped her have you anything like that you can use?
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Sorry to hear about your back @piggieminder
You just don’t know what to do with yourself when your back is causing pain.
Hope it eases up soon
You just don’t know what to do with yourself when your back is causing pain.
Hope it eases up soon
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I've got a stick. I've only tried going up and down the garden path a few times a day so far. I can usually walk a bad back off as long as I stay off the steep hill but this went too far and standing for more than a few minutes is agony. It has been a bit better today so I'm hoping to get out soon. My partner is threatening to get me a zimmer frame 
Betsy
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Nice and sympathetic! If your partner was suffering from a bad back it would be completely different..... Just because your partner can't feel your pain it can't be real clearly.It has been a bit better today so I'm hoping to get out soon. My partner is threatening to get me a zimmer frame
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Thanks everyone. At least I've been able to move this time, I'm not lying on the floor! I've read 5 books and caught up on lots of emails and internet shopping.
The piggies have been spoilt by their alternative slave.
The piggies have been spoilt by their alternative slave.
Good thing that we have a whole box room full of books, seeing the time I am spending in bed with Long Covid... Which is a strictly digital media free zone.
