All Jigsaw Puzzlers out there post your puzzles!

I like Gibson's best I think. I'm doing one of theirs at the moment, nice thick pieces. This one is hard and I'm pacing myself with it otherwise I will get nothing else done!
 
Lorcan said:
I'm currently working on a Ravensburger puzzle and I swear some of the pieces are almost soft, they're bending from just being held in the hand. Also my hands look dirty because there's blue dust all over them.
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I have several older jigsaws from that brand and they are solid. The blue dust is however not uncommon.
 
Yeah the softness to these pieces is new to me, one piece has got a fold in the centre. I don't manhandle them or squeeze them in my hands, so I didn't know what's causing it.
 
Lorcan said:
Yeah the softness to these pieces is new to me, one piece has got a fold in the centre. I don't manhandle them or squeeze them in my hands, so I didn't know what's causing it.
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They can bend like that when the jigsaw is broken up or pieces are caught within each other in the box.
 
They're definitely not the Ravensburger of old, that's for sure. It'll not stop me buying their jigsaws though.

It's a world map jigsaw. I'm wishing I remembered my geography better :))
 
These are two old 500 jigsaws going back to my student days. They are both German whodunnits. In order to solve them, you need to work out the jigsaw without a picture to help you. They have been through the wars a bit since I used to do them against the clock at some point or other. I have a few more of them. I can still do them in under an hour from memory.

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Wiebke said:
These are two old 500 jigsaws going back to my student days. They are both German whodunnits. In order to solve them, you need to work out the jigsaw without a picture to help you. They have been through the wars a bit since I used to do them against the clock at some point or other. I have a few more of them. I can still do them in under an hour from memory.

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These remind me of the wasgij puzzles.
 
It’s an app on my iPad, I love it, takes up no space and you don’t lose the pieces 😁 I think there’s other versions too look in the App Store it’s was free. You can buy jigsaws but there are loads of free ones, I never pay for them. Lots of different subjects and you choose how many pieces you want to use @Siikibam IMG_2234.webp
 
Siikibam said:
Oh dear, I just spent the last…hour and a half or so doing puzzles instead of knitting 🤣
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I blame @Lorcan he started this on his own thread. Talking about puzzles and got me wanting to do one again, after not getting the board out of the loft this winter. I really need to make a appointment with a duster! Any excuse not to do housework!
 
Siikibam said:
@Bill & Ted it’s one I had before. Just upped the pieces but already it’s difficult! I like to sort pieces by the colours/area. View attachment 241859
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That exactly what I do, the edges first, then I usually pick out a bright or colourful area first to get started. I find doing jigsaws very relaxing ☺️
 
piggieminder said:
Yes, I do the same. I like to get a few rows joined from side to side, then I feel like I'm getting somewhere.
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With large jigsaws I tend to use several cardboard trays, dishes and bowls to chuck pieces into each that seem to belong to the same area as I go through them one by one at the start with the frame going up. It makes it a bit tedious but I can work much more quickly later on as I do not have to sort through the whole mass every time to find matching pieces. I had to tackle my large guinea pig jigsaw this way in order to get a handle on it.
 
I much prefer to do a collection of objects or say a photo of a room. I am not very good the scenery for some reason I think they are so much harder 😉
 
Betsy said:
I do the sides first, then anything I think will be easiest first then it feels like I'm getting somewhere. I agree with you @Lorcan that trees and bushes always go last. The problem is my current puzzle is mainly mountains, trees and bushes!
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Once you have done the other parts subdivide the greenery into different sections - background, foreground, middle ground etc. and do them bit by bit. ;)
 
Wiebke said:
Once you have done the other parts subdivide the greenery into different sections - background, foreground, middle ground etc. and do them bit by bit. ;)
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That's what I have done, but the pieces look so similar it's a case of try it piece by piece. I've separated out the different shapes so that I don't have them all in a muddle and that helps too.
 
Wiebke said:
With large jigsaws I tend to use several cardboard trays, dishes and bowls to chuck pieces into each that seem to belong to the same area as I go through them one by one at the start with the frame going up. It makes it a bit tedious but I can work much more quickly later on as I do not have to sort through the whole mass every time to find matching pieces. I had to tackle my large guinea pig jigsaw this way in order to get a handle on it.
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My board has two flaps either side of the main section and 2 separate lose boards so I sort all the pieces into colour/type etc. As I go I sort pieces again as the specifics become more apparent. This puzzle has red flowers blue flowers and pink trees etc all over the place!
 
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