You’re so lucky to have puzzling friends near you like Allison! You can tell you guys enjoy puzzling together.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

6 күн бұрын

We do have so much fun puzzling together.

I love your animal crossing sweatshirt. You guys did great! I can’t believe you tackled that puzzle again

@fortheloveofpuzzles

5 күн бұрын

Alison is a sucker for punishment me thinks! hehehehe

Amazing speeding times. You guys are doing great! ❤️🧩🙌🏻

@fortheloveofpuzzles

7 күн бұрын

Thank you!!!

Kudos to you both for taking on that Larnach Castle puzzle again. I nervously watched it creeping closer to the table's edge until about 6:06 😅

@fortheloveofpuzzles

7 күн бұрын

I couldn't believe she brought it and wanted to give it a go. We are debating whether or not we should try the other puzzle from the competition - Cardrona Hotel. Wonder if you all would love to see that. And yes, it came so close to going over the edge! I would have cried!!!

This Fashionista puzzle is so fun! It is the first 1000 puzzle I timed, and I did it in 3h27. I was very happy with that result, even tough I slowed down at the grey pieces. Damelsa is easily one of my favourite illustrators and I can't wait to do more puzzles by her.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

6 күн бұрын

That's a great time for a 1k puzzle and your first timed one. The white/grey pieces are a lot to handle and definitely the slowest part. I love Demelsa's imagines as well - so fun!

That last Colin Thompson is to savor slowly. I wouldn't speed run it! Overall great practice for you both

@fortheloveofpuzzles

7 күн бұрын

Yeah, I don't think Colin Thompson images are ones to speed run - they are just so fun to just look at and discover.

Love your videos with Alison. That first one is a lovely image. Seeing the big art one on the wall makes me want to rewatch it again so Sunday evening here now and watching it again from the beginning. This will be my 3rd time 😂 I really love the image,the voice over where you give info and above all your enthusiasm. As much as I enjoy watching speed puzzling I really really love watching the large count puzzles. Here's wishing both Vicky and Janine good luck in the UK nationals. Thank you for your wonderful videos.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

5 күн бұрын

Oh wow - rewatching it for a 3rd time - thank you!!! I will hopefully be cracking open another big puzzle here soon - I'm thinking Clementoni's Visionaria.

Well done for putting yourselves through the torture of that castle jigsaw. 👍 Colin Thompson jigsaws are ones that you will either enjoy or get frustrated with. I see from my list that I have done five of his puzzles. Ludicrous Library, Bizarre Bookshop 1 & 2, Flying Home and Tomorrow's World. Of those the ones I liked best were the last two. The Bizarre Bookshop ones drove my late husband and I nuts doing them! I don't mind doing busy puzzles but I certainly wouldn't speed run them. Today I finished doing Ravensburger's 1000 jigsaw called Squishmallows Squish Squad. Lovely puzzle but it has a repeat pattern so it got tricky working out what went where. Look forward to your next video.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

6 күн бұрын

Colin Thompson images are best done for leisure and not speed - it can get very frustrating! Squishmallows Squish Squad what an adorable puzzle but I see what you mean - the characters repeat.

OMG, you and Alison did so well with the Lanarch Castle puzzle. I am determined to do it again and actually finish it this time BUT NOT YET!!! I have so many lovely puzzles which are awaiting my attention. However, it isn't going to beat me and one day it is coming back out and I am doing it. Have done the art gallery puzzle and it is a lovely one to do. Looking forward to seeing what puzzle you are battling with next week.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

6 күн бұрын

I was seriously over it when we go to those sky pieces though. You can tell that just by the fact I sat down! It was a beast and I couldn't believe how well we did. We will attempt the Cardrona Hotel together as a pairs at some point. The Art Gallery was lots of fun.

Thanks for another great video. I don't think there is any hope of ever being that fast. It is too bad because I would love to hang out with other puzzle people at the contests.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

5 күн бұрын

Just being at the puzzle events is so much fun even if you don't participate in the actual speed puzzling. There are so many rounds at Worlds that everyone has time to chat with everyone else. It's great!

I just finished Colin Thompson's Bizarre Bookshop #2, 1000 pc. It was my first by this artist, and I loved it. I am not a speed puzzle at all, and I think it took me about 7 1/2 hrs total, doing a very rough sort (edges, significant colour blocks and little pink creatures). If I had a bone to pick, it would be that the image on the box is not quite big enough and the poster inside is SMALLER! What is the point of a poster that is smaller than the box image?? In the end, perhaps it was more fun to discover the tiny elements as I did the puzzle rather than finding them in the poster or box image, but my older eyes sure struggles at times. I will definitely do another by this artist if I can find one - and I thought 1000 pc was about right.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

5 күн бұрын

I agree, if the poster is smaller than than box, the only point of it is to have two copies for puzzling with multiple people but...wish it was at least the same size or bigger. He does put so much detail into his artwork which is just so fun to discover!

You did a fantastic job with all those puzzles! I was wondering, if you and Alison were friends and figured you both like puzzling, or did you meet through puzzles? ☺️ I'm hoping to find some puzzle friends!

@jmason1770

6 күн бұрын

Correction: I was wrong. She met Wendy thru her dog (kinda), not Allison. She met Allison thru Facebook Marketplace. It was mentioned in a Q&A video she did to celebrate10K subscribers..

@fortheloveofpuzzles

6 күн бұрын

Alison and I met through puzzling. I bought some puzzles from her and she found out about my jigsaw puzzle display and went one day. I met here as she was trying to speed run the puzzle from last year's Masters Games. And now we meet up at leat once a week. She's awesome!

@fortheloveofpuzzles

6 күн бұрын

@@jmason1770 Yup - Wendy's grandson recognised Odin from a pound dog rescue event we were at and the rest is history!

I did the bizarre bookshop. It is not a hard puzzle. I managed to do it in less than 6 hours.

@fortheloveofpuzzles

6 күн бұрын

I love Colin Thompson puzzles so much - just has so many fun things to discover! I prefer not to speed run them though.