Today I'm going through my puzzle spreadsheet and sharing all kinds of stats you didn't even know you wanted. Make sure to open up the video description for links to all of my 5-star puzzles. And follow me on Patreon to support my channel and get the blank template to track your own puzzles too: patreon.com/karenpuzzles
Just wondering, are you selling or have you sold the Minions puzzle? I have genuinely tried looking for it in the US and overseas with no luck. I was outbid in the last month. 😭😭 Love your content and SPREADSHEET.😉
This is the nerdiest video I’ve ever seen and as a fellow puzzle nerd, I LOVE IT!! 😂 YAY FOR GRAPHS! YAY FOR SPREADSHEETS! YAY FOR PUZZLES! Excellent work Karen, you are carrying this community
I love it when Karen says "I have so much data!" It's so exciting to see your spreadsheet and all your stats! Thanks for sharing the spreadsheet on Patreon too. I did 70-ish puzzles last year, but didn't keep track officially so I don't know the exact number or piece count. Looking forward to using the spreadsheet you shared this year! (PS - I guessed 250 puzzles and 200,000 pieces. Wondering if you have any sort of goal for the year?)
I am so new to puzzles that i do not have a spreadsheet, and I will probably never do one. I am not that organized. But I will credit you for making me start on puzzles, because you are the reason I started ❤
I bought 45 puzzles and only did 3. It’s crazy and impressive you did over 120! (That’s includes the diamond puzzles; bought 3 of those and haven’t touched them)
Karen if you don’t scoot over the vintage/modern column to move that N, I might go crazy lol. But I love this SPREADSHEET so much. I’m about to finish my first puzzle in years only because I’ve been so inspired from your channel that I’ve binged through these last few weeks
I don’t have a spreadsheet because it’s not my main hobby but last year i finished 3 (including tall poppy from pieceworks, when i saw you post it i had to get it!) on my own ! Maybe i’ll just track it in my bujo :)
Maybe for this year you can take a picture of the finished puzzle or box and add them into a folder when you are completing the spreadsheet so then you can have your group picture at the end.
I set a goal of doing 100 puzzles in 2022 and I met that goal! You were a big inspiration in that, Karen. I thrifted a lot of my puzzles and learned how to pick out the good from the bad pretty quickly. I usually then would sanitize them, make sure they had all their pieces, and leave them in the little free public libraries around my neighborhood. I like the idea of puzzles getting a new life and being passed on to more people who will enjoy them.
I loved the image of all the puzzles you did last year. It might have been a pain but it was SO COOL to see all of them lined up so nicely. I already can't wait for next year's data 🤓
I love Katie’s spreadsheets. ❤ Have you done any Unidragon wooden puzzles? I got one for Christmas and I loved it more than I thought I would. Also, I never tracked my puzzles before, but I got a notebook for Christmas and decided to start. So far only the name, and piece count.
I wanted to thank you so much, I always was into puzzles but only this year, inspired by you, I bought three 1000 pieces puzzles and did them in somewhere 10 hours each, I'm so happy I finally decided to buy actual puzzles and solve them because it is so much fun!
I got into puzzles last year because of you Karen! I got a lot of puzzles over the holidays and have now started my own collection 😊 Maybe I will try creating a spreadsheet to keep track of them all ❤
250 puzzles, 60,000 pieces? 🤔 Also Karen + Katie are such a dream team! 😊 Edit - I realised this was only 240 pieces per puzzle on average, whoops, that's not right!
That was so much fun! I love the spreadsheets and amount of data you’ve collected. I did 44 puzzles last year. All I did was take a photo of the finished puzzle and add the name of it to a list in my bullet journal. 😂 I’m such a lightweight.
I don't use a spreadsheet to keep track of the puzzles I've done. I usually take photos and post on Instagram so I could use the dates on the photos to track what I've made. Looking forward to seeing you do more of the vintage puzzles that you have.
if you were to stack over 100,000 cardboard puzzle pieces up one by one, that would conservatively weigh about a ton and a half in American customary units, which I'm pretty sure would cause each piece to be flattened below a certain point in the stack, and depending on a number of environmental factors, might cause the ones at the very bottom of the stack to explode and/or catch fire eventually.
Please do more collaboration with Katie - love the detective puzzles. Anyway, Just an idea I saw in other content creators - curious to see you discuss the videos that perform the best vs. the worst, and the videos you love making vs. the ones that were tedious to make/edit.
This video and the rest of the channel have awoken something in me. I discovered you probably last year, bought a puzzle to try it myself, then a second one... But it was still nice and calm and normal... But then I watched this video like last week or something and since then I have ordered FIVE puzzles. Including a krypt, the chromatic one from cloudberries and the magic box from soonness 😭 I already got enough expensive collecting hobbies like lego, diy book nooks and gundam, why did you throw me into another one
I am currently working on your puzzle and the quality is below par. I was so excited for it and there are so many pieces are poor quality. Not fully cut. Bent. Slivers of pieces. It looks like Ravenberger didn’t do quality control. Please share this with them so your next one is better. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your spreadsheet. I didn't do any puzzles last year. 😢 I was just a puzzling spectator, but that's okay. I enjoy puzzles vicariously.
Spreadsheet!! - I’m not a puzzle fan myself as I prefer diamond painting but I totally love watching your channel. I find you such a delightful person who is super clever and quick to watch at work on a puzzle. I love the joy it brings you how rewarding, fun and interesting it looks through your eyes. You are a joy Karen! 💛
My guess was super crazy, but your spreadsheet is incredibly impressive. ❤🎉 Congratulations on completing so many puzzles and sticking with your spreadsheet this whole way. Your spreadsheet for 2023 looks amazing too! I wish you all the best for this year and look forward to Katie’s lovely statistics next year 😊
Congrats on such a successful and productive year. I would like to offer a spreadsheet suggestion…how about a column entitled “Designer”. Who designed these impressive (or not) puzzles? Do you buy by brand or designer? Looking forward to following you on 2023. ♥️
While I love a good spreadsheet, I decided to try keeping a puzzle journal this year. I'm doing it bullet journal/reading journal style with goals, challenges, and monthly stats. I'm so excited about it because it offers me a creative outlet in addition to giving me a way to keep track of my puzzles.
I think I need your spreadsheet to keep track! I did 27 puzzles last year but I do some of the same ones over and over that I love the most. I did way more than last year too. 🙂
FANTASTIC JOB, KAREN👍. 👏. Truly appreciate this video, it’s so informative and helpful 🙏. These datas and spreadsheets look so professional. Have to learn a lot from you. Thank you 🙏❤️
I've gotten back into puzzles because of your channel and I have even gotten the students I work with (I am a before/after school care teacher) into puzzles! I think it would be cool to do a spreadsheet with my students to keep track of which ones we complete!
I only did about 3 or 4 puzzles last year, so no need for a spreadsheet here, but you are inspiring me to do more this year! Hoping to get yours if it comes back in stock! And I loved the cute video clips you inserted in the video today - my favorite was Monica & Ross's mom from Friends!
I don't have a spreadsheet but I do use the Puzzle Tracker app. In 2022, I did 35 puzzles with a total piece count of 30,500! Not near as much as you so I'll have to step up my puzzle game! 😅 The brand I did the most of was Buffalo with some Cobble Hill, Cloudberries, Eeboo and others thrown in. Thanks for another great video and I can't wait to see what you'll come up with next!
I am such a spreadsheet nerd. I really enjoyed seeing all of your aggregated stats. I completed zero puzzles last year, but I got one for my birthday that I'm trying to figure out where I can do it. I have a toddler that would destroy it and consume the pieces lol
What an interesting video I love the spreadsheet! The abstract and gradient ones are really cool. I like the designs of the Chromatic and the gradient krypt they look very neat, I think i need to pick those up. It’ll be a fun challenge since I haven’t solved a real actual physical puzzle in years
I almost forgot: the way I used statistics is knowing whether I can give it away or donate. Another way I keep statistics is if every shelf is filled with puzzles I need to make a decision to donate or give them to seniors who loves them. One nurse told me they prefer big pieces. I loved that idea. Karen, take some to donate some of your puzzles to seniors at retirement and/or nursing homes.
My son came the other day and built my new desk in my new craft room! Now I have a quiet place to start my puzzle adventure. I only have 3 puzzles so far, I’m waiting for yours to come back in stock. I don’t need a spreadsheet yet but hopefully in the future I will 😊
I like your data videos, they are so interesting. I didn’t really do that many puzzles last year and I didn’t put the info into a SPREADSHEET, but I did take photos of them and put them in my journal. I’ve done 7 this year so far and abandoned one because I just hated the jigsaw. The image was lovely, but not as a jigsaw. I started one today called Spring Eternal by Pomegranate. It’s lovely. It might be a little bit difficult because there is a lot of plain black, but it’ll be no worse than doing sky. X
I discovered your channel VERY late (last week of December,) and have spent all of January watching just about every video of yours. This video feels like the perfect “farewell” to that binge! And in all of my binge watching throughout January, I feel like I’ve stumbled across a new comfort RUclipsr :’) I may be a new addition to the Puzzles family, but I have felt the YEARS of passion since the beginning! That being said, I am just SO estactic to see what 2023 has to bring for you, Karen! This journey truly has just begun!! :D
No joke, my guess for the number of puzzles was 120! My piece guess was too high though - I thought the average would go above 1,000 each because of the larger ones.
Hello ! I am in Europe and we have other nice brands : Clementoni High Quality Collection, Heye (specials dezigns), Cobber Hill + Eurographics (both specials shapes). I recommand that you try it in 2023 ! :)
NEW SUBSCRIBER HERE! I just included my family's newest puzzles in my upcoming haul coming out later this week. I wish I could find a local group to exchange puzzles with.
No Spreadsheet ^^ but thanks for getting me into the joy of puzzling and listening to podcasts! I've done 9 puzzles 6 of it 1000 and 3 of it 500, you don't lie the ravensburger puzzles are so satisfying!
my guess is 354 puzzles. I have no clue where to start with how many pieces you put together but I am going to guess it averages out to 1000 each. I know you did know big ones but you also did some small ones. My official guess is 356,500 pieces.
I found this channel in the last year or so and because of it I think I did almost 16ish puzzles in 2022. Before that I would only do the occasional puzzle with my mom or a kids puzzle with my niece and nephew.
Last year I had a goal of 52 puzzles. I was able to complete 59, with the last one on New Years Eve! You've inspired me to keep a spreadsheet for this year. The goal number will be the same because of work, but it'll be exciting to see a breakdown. Also, I agree about the quality of the Sunsout puzzles. I did 3 of them last year but won't be buying that brand again.
Love the stats! Love the spreadsheet!! I just love all the data!! I have considered keeping a spreadsheet but I always go back to my notebook. Last year I did 64 puzzles and 28519 pieces. I did more this year than last, but not as many 1000pcs as last year. 500pcs are a go to for me, esp with as busy as last year was. Thanks for all the charts, they really are cool to look at!
The App I started using to track my puzzles is called Puzzle Tracker, but I love the categories in your spreadsheet! I completed a total of 84 Puzzles with 54,403 pieces and a total of over 205 hours!
Ive been following you for part of the year so im wildly guesstimating - im going to guess 62 puzzles, and 52,000 pieces! I did run and do some math because my original guess was 243k, and that would mean every puzzle was ~13k pieces so that was definitely way too big of a guess 😂 or maybe not! We’ll see :3 EDIT: ALREADY DOUBLE THE PUZZLES I GUESSED SKDJFJSKJS and when the spreadsheet opened up and all of them are at LEAST 500 pieces i was like oh, oh no i underestimated. Almost double my pieces count too!!
SPREADSHEET:: I too have a spreadsheet. In 2022 I completed 42 puzzles. With the exception of 4, they were all 1,000 pieces. (2 were 500, one was 550, and 1 was 750). I keep track of how much I paid for puzzles and where they came from. And 39 different brands of puzzles.
No Spreadsheet for me from last year. But, you inspired me to start tracking this year. I am using an App. So Flat Banana got 5 stars which was my first puzzle completed this year.
I just started my own puzzle spreadsheet (on Airtable cause I wanted the gallery view!) this year after 3 years of puzzling and I can't believe it took me so long! In 2022 I did 37 puzzles and 35,500 pieces (had to edit this comment because I forgot to count the puzzles I did that I borrowed from other people, which are on another spreadsheet lol) :) Loved this video extra because puzzles AND spreadsheets? Amazing
Great info on your spreadsheets! I started a SS in 2022 to inventory my 270+ puzzles, and have some of the same info you have. I think I'll add 'WHERE FROM.' I completed 32 puzzles in 2022. I have always loved puzzling, but only really got back into it during COVID. Thanks for all of the fun!
My guess for how many puzzles you did was 500 haha so a bit off but I did guess 100,000 pieces so at least I was close there! I actually do keep track of my puzzles in a SPREADSHEET 😉 I note name, # of pieces, time to complete, date, and if I did it alone or with my sister/friends. I should probably incorporate a rating system as well. Though I usually write up a review when I post pics on Reddit’s r/jigsawpuzzles :)
I didn't track my puzzles last year but I am this year (although I started tracking on 12/26/22, so I have until Christmas!) I'm up to 13 so far. The one I just completed was a 2000 piece Ravensburger one called "If Fish Could Walk" and it's a very fun image. I think you'd like that one :)
Guess made at 33 seconds. About 220. Will find out when your video has finished. Well I got that wrong then! 🙄I do have a spreadsheet but not in the same format as yours. It is just a list of all the jigsaws that I have bought which I started in 2016. I do make a note of when I buy a jigsaw and I see that I bought 285 jigsaws in 2022, rather more than I realised! 😮 However I won't have actually done that many so probably about 200 maybe more. Depends on the piece count and difficulty. I'm currently working on the 1000 piece Candy Hearts Impuzzible from All Jigsaw Puzzles which I know will take me longer than usual. I am also retired so have all day to do jigsaws if I wish. On checking I see that I took photos of 130 jigsaws last year but I don't take photos of every single jigsaw I do. Look forward to the next video. 😊
My guesses, 208 (4 per week) puzzles, 208,000 pieces (avg 1000 pieces per puzzle). Spreadsheet I don't keep stats as such. What I do is sort my puzzles on the shelf by whether I think they are "re-do worthy." I force myself to stay within my shelf space (one large Billy Book Case with a top extender from Ikea). So . . . it only makes the shelf if it I think I will work the puzzle again. Other puzzles I trade when our library has a puzzle exchange or I sometimes sell them on Ebay usually in groups by brand.
I did keep track of how many puzzles I did during 2022 in a spreadsheet. I put 18 puzzles together, with a total of 16,000 pieces. Interestingly enough, Peter Pan was one of the puzzles I worked on (the 500 version, sold in a box of four) and it was one of my favorites I put together - LOL!
I don’t keep track of my puzzle solving…really not worth it to me, but off the top of my head, 6-10 puzzles, 500-1500 pieces. I’ve done every single puzzle in my collection at least once since I got them. I’m in a stitchy mood currently, I don’t track all my stitches (I despise counting stitches), but I know I did well over 40k stitches. (36k on 1 project, unknown on others.) I’m only counting on the one project because otherwise I just never touch it. So I math how many stitches per day I need to reach a goal and try to at least reach that. It’s not foolproof, but it’s keeping me somewhat motivated. Other projects languish because I’m asked to make time sensitive gifts occasionally. But right now no project is over 10 years old so I’m not doing too badly… I use goodreads to keep track of my books. Not in a book mood currently, but some years got a lot of pages in. Last year was 13 books, my highest year was 283 books. I probably burned myself out a bit that year lol. I want more diamond paintings, but the cost of the ones I like are too much…and I’d never get anything else done lol. I’ll keep watching for good sales though… I need to take my Camelot puzzles down & put them away. But first I need to meet this stitchy goal!
140 puzzles & 124,000 pcs!🎉 edit: spreadsheet! - i just post a photo on my IG and have a Highlight with progress moments 😊 I completed 8 (3 of which took longer than I would have liked 😅)
I did 40 puzzles with a total of 36600pcs. I did mostly 500 and 1000pc puzzles and most of them were Ravensburger (18) and cloudberries (14). I did however also work a full time job and had a huge break at the start of the year of about 3 months where I was stuck on one very hard puzzle and did some video games instead.
There’s no one quite like you KP……..I don’t know why I watch you……I nearly bought a puzzle today……I’m an old man……(your fathers anvil collection !!!) ……I might need help …
1:12 "I solved one hundred and twenty one puzzles last year! Now.... I feel like that isn't actually *that many*?" But 365 days divided by 121 is like, you did one puzzle per three days on average! Thats bonkers!
The video made me think about what makes a good puzzle. A bit too much for a spreadsheet, but maybe something to think about when reviewing puzzles. Here is my list of criteria: Quality - print: high quality print regarding both details and colors - cut: uniquely shaped pieces that fit together neatly Creativity - art: the motive is beautiful, meaningful artwork with attention to detail (puzzles are about details after all) - interesting: there is something to the puzzle that makes you want to try it, is engaging, or otherwise speaks to you Fun to do - difficulty: the difficulty is consciously manipulated, challenges are there on purpose, usually uniform areas are made easier by adding visual cues. - enjoyable: the puzzle works well on the scale of individual pieces, there is a nice flow, such as a veriety of sections that are fun in different ways So far, my highest rated puzzles are "Elefant in Masai Mara National Park", "The Madhouse", and "Circle of Colors - Fruits and Vegetables" (all from Ravensburger).
At the start of lockdown (I''m in the UK) I started keeping a spreadsheet with all the puzzles I did, but unfortunately did not manage to keep it up. Having seen your video I am starting again and hope to log all my puzzles over 2023. Looking at your stats it seems we probably have similar percentages of large and small puzzles, but when it comes to sources most of mine are from charity (thrift) shops. But my most common jigsaw company by far is Gibsons, followed by Ravensburger then Corner Piece.
Today I'm going through my puzzle spreadsheet and sharing all kinds of stats you didn't even know you wanted. Make sure to open up the video description for links to all of my 5-star puzzles. And follow me on Patreon to support my channel and get the blank template to track your own puzzles too: patreon.com/karenpuzzles
Just wondering, are you selling or have you sold the Minions puzzle? I have genuinely tried looking for it in the US and overseas with no luck. I was outbid in the last month. 😭😭
Love your content and SPREADSHEET.😉
nice spreadsheet!! ❤
You are a gem Karen. How do you decide what puzzles to do? Have you ever come across one you've just not liked . Have you ever framed one?
This is the nerdiest video I’ve ever seen and as a fellow puzzle nerd, I LOVE IT!! 😂 YAY FOR GRAPHS! YAY FOR SPREADSHEETS! YAY FOR PUZZLES! Excellent work Karen, you are carrying this community
I love it when Karen says "I have so much data!" It's so exciting to see your spreadsheet and all your stats! Thanks for sharing the spreadsheet on Patreon too. I did 70-ish puzzles last year, but didn't keep track officially so I don't know the exact number or piece count. Looking forward to using the spreadsheet you shared this year!
(PS - I guessed 250 puzzles and 200,000 pieces. Wondering if you have any sort of goal for the year?)
LOVE YOUR SPREADSHEET!! Your breakdown on all the details is wicked awesome. THANKS!!
Since we so new to puzzling I hadn’t thought of keeping track of them. Great idea. Spreadsheet
I am so new to puzzles that i do not have a spreadsheet, and I will probably never do one. I am not that organized.
But I will credit you for making me start on puzzles, because you are the reason I started ❤
I bought 45 puzzles and only did 3. It’s crazy and impressive you did over 120! (That’s includes the diamond puzzles; bought 3 of those and haven’t touched them)
I've been watching you for quite a while and spreadsheets just elevated my experience! Love this and can't wait to see the competitions this year!
I keep a spreadsheet of all the puzzles I own. Brand, the amount of pieces, if I've completed it, etc. I don't go as detailed as you Karen 😂😂 love it
Nice spreadsheet…. Fun stuff. Thanks for sharing!
Karen if you don’t scoot over the vintage/modern column to move that N, I might go crazy lol. But I love this SPREADSHEET so much. I’m about to finish my first puzzle in years only because I’ve been so inspired from your channel that I’ve binged through these last few weeks
haha that was bugging me during the editing too 😅
I don’t have a spreadsheet because it’s not my main hobby but last year i finished 3 (including tall poppy from pieceworks, when i saw you post it i had to get it!) on my own ! Maybe i’ll just track it in my bujo :)
Love your spreadsheet!
I did 12 puzzles last year, no SPREADSHEET required for me lol. I kept track in my planner though.
Have you ever done a WASGIJ puzzle?
Is there a reason you don't do many Springbok puzzles? It seems like the most popular and accessible brand.
You should do the puzzler 60th anniversary edition by springbok
200 puzzles? And let’s say 100,000 pieces? Also I have a vintage springbok pizza round puzzle. Would you be interested in that?
I actually only solved 5 puzzles. I wish I had a lot more free time to have solved 20+.
Anyway, I don't have a *SPREADSHEET* with my tiny stats. 😅
Ok. My guess is 98 puzzles and 80,000 pieces. I didn't try and over think it, i just made a guess 🙂. Now back to the video...
150 puzzles and 30.000 pieces
puzzles: 61?
pieces: 100,000
this is wild guesses
I got the pieces right-ish :D
i'll be completely honest with you. i dont even need a spreadsheet, because i did exactly 0 puzzles last years
Maybe for this year you can take a picture of the finished puzzle or box and add them into a folder when you are completing the spreadsheet so then you can have your group picture at the end.
Great idea!So much easier!
It’s so nice to see you doing your Spotify Wrapped but with puzzles. Also, my guess is 102 with 100K+ pieces.
I set a goal of doing 100 puzzles in 2022 and I met that goal! You were a big inspiration in that, Karen. I thrifted a lot of my puzzles and learned how to pick out the good from the bad pretty quickly. I usually then would sanitize them, make sure they had all their pieces, and leave them in the little free public libraries around my neighborhood. I like the idea of puzzles getting a new life and being passed on to more people who will enjoy them.
Curious how you sanitized the puzzles. It's a great idea!
Yeah how?
I loved the image of all the puzzles you did last year. It might have been a pain but it was SO COOL to see all of them lined up so nicely.
I already can't wait for next year's data 🤓
75 puzzles with 68,000 pieces
I wish I had a Katie to spreadsheet my entire life haha thank you Katie!
I love Katie’s spreadsheets. ❤ Have you done any Unidragon wooden puzzles? I got one for Christmas and I loved it more than I thought I would. Also, I never tracked my puzzles before, but I got a notebook for Christmas and decided to start. So far only the name, and piece count.
I wanted to thank you so much, I always was into puzzles but only this year, inspired by you, I bought three 1000 pieces puzzles and did them in somewhere 10 hours each, I'm so happy I finally decided to buy actual puzzles and solve them because it is so much fun!
I got into puzzles last year because of you Karen! I got a lot of puzzles over the holidays and have now started my own collection 😊 Maybe I will try creating a spreadsheet to keep track of them all ❤
250 puzzles, 60,000 pieces? 🤔 Also Karen + Katie are such a dream team! 😊 Edit - I realised this was only 240 pieces per puzzle on average, whoops, that's not right!
Your definition of vintage being prior to 2000 makes me feel very old ;-)
That was so much fun! I love the spreadsheets and amount of data you’ve collected. I did 44 puzzles last year. All I did was take a photo of the finished puzzle and add the name of it to a list in my bullet journal. 😂 I’m such a lightweight.
I don't use a spreadsheet to keep track of the puzzles I've done. I usually take photos and post on Instagram so I could use the dates on the photos to track what I've made. Looking forward to seeing you do more of the vintage puzzles that you have.
Yes! That’s how I also keep track of the puzzles I’ve done.
if you were to stack over 100,000 cardboard puzzle pieces up one by one, that would conservatively weigh about a ton and a half in American customary units, which I'm pretty sure would cause each piece to be flattened below a certain point in the stack, and depending on a number of environmental factors, might cause the ones at the very bottom of the stack to explode and/or catch fire eventually.
Now that sounds cool 🤭
Do I smell a collab video with Mark Rober, maybe?😂
4:40 I’ve watched this episode of Friends today! Nice coincidence 😊
Love to puzzle, if only they weren't so expensive. Can only afford about 3-4 a year. Mostly I puzzle during christmas time.
It’s very hard for me to source puzzles which is absurd. Everything is expensive.
Please do more collaboration with Katie - love the detective puzzles. Anyway, Just an idea I saw in other content creators - curious to see you discuss the videos that perform the best vs. the worst, and the videos you love making vs. the ones that were tedious to make/edit.
This video and the rest of the channel have awoken something in me. I discovered you probably last year, bought a puzzle to try it myself, then a second one... But it was still nice and calm and normal... But then I watched this video like last week or something and since then I have ordered FIVE puzzles. Including a krypt, the chromatic one from cloudberries and the magic box from soonness 😭 I already got enough expensive collecting hobbies like lego, diy book nooks and gundam, why did you throw me into another one
I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but what do you do with all of the finished puzzles?
Could you maybe also convert these lengths to the metric system for your non American viewers? ^^
Thank you for sharing your *spreadsheet love 🙂🐿❤️🌈
Karen… that Spreadsheet makes me feel like I need to do better 🥰
Everyone should puzzle at their own pace!
I am currently working on your puzzle and the quality is below par. I was so excited for it and there are so many pieces are poor quality. Not fully cut. Bent. Slivers of pieces. It looks like Ravenberger didn’t do quality control. Please share this with them so your next one is better. Thanks.
Oh no! Can you email me with some photos? Hopefully we can get you a new one. (karenkavettpuzzles at gmail)
Thanks for sharing your spreadsheet. I didn't do any puzzles last year. 😢 I was just a puzzling spectator, but that's okay. I enjoy puzzles vicariously.
You should try to solve a bepuzzled classic jigsaw puzzle
I love the image of all the puzzles you did last year 👍
Spreadsheet! :D Happy 2023 sweetie! best regards!
Spreadsheet!! - I’m not a puzzle fan myself as I prefer diamond painting but I totally love watching your channel. I find you such a delightful person who is super clever and quick to watch at work on a puzzle. I love the joy it brings you how rewarding, fun and interesting it looks through your eyes. You are a joy Karen! 💛
My guess was super crazy, but your spreadsheet is incredibly impressive. ❤🎉 Congratulations on completing so many puzzles and sticking with your spreadsheet this whole way. Your spreadsheet for 2023 looks amazing too! I wish you all the best for this year and look forward to Katie’s lovely statistics next year 😊
Congrats on such a successful and productive year. I would like to offer a spreadsheet suggestion…how about a column entitled “Designer”. Who designed these impressive (or not) puzzles? Do you buy by brand or designer? Looking forward to following you on 2023. ♥️
So excited for this video! Watching while I put together my Chickenology puzzle! I guess you put together 150,000 pieces last year 🤔
3:26 Wow! This is a wallpaper waiting to happen.
While I love a good spreadsheet, I decided to try keeping a puzzle journal this year. I'm doing it bullet journal/reading journal style with goals, challenges, and monthly stats. I'm so excited about it because it offers me a creative outlet in addition to giving me a way to keep track of my puzzles.
I think I need your spreadsheet to keep track!
I did 27 puzzles last year but I do some of the same ones over and over that I love the most. I did way more than last year too. 🙂
FANTASTIC JOB, KAREN👍. 👏. Truly appreciate this video, it’s so informative and helpful 🙏. These datas and spreadsheets look so professional. Have to learn a lot from you. Thank you 🙏❤️
300 puzzles, 1 million pieces ;)
I wish!
I've gotten back into puzzles because of your channel and I have even gotten the students I work with (I am a before/after school care teacher) into puzzles! I think it would be cool to do a spreadsheet with my students to keep track of which ones we complete!
I only did about 3 or 4 puzzles last year, so no need for a spreadsheet here, but you are inspiring me to do more this year! Hoping to get yours if it comes back in stock! And I loved the cute video clips you inserted in the video today - my favorite was Monica & Ross's mom from Friends!
I don't have a spreadsheet but I do use the Puzzle Tracker app. In 2022, I did 35 puzzles with a total piece count of 30,500! Not near as much as you so I'll have to step up my puzzle game! 😅 The brand I did the most of was Buffalo with some Cobble Hill, Cloudberries, Eeboo and others thrown in. Thanks for another great video and I can't wait to see what you'll come up with next!
Okay , okay, okaaayy. My guess is:
110 puzzles: 100,000 pieces
I am such a spreadsheet nerd. I really enjoyed seeing all of your aggregated stats. I completed zero puzzles last year, but I got one for my birthday that I'm trying to figure out where I can do it. I have a toddler that would destroy it and consume the pieces lol
What an interesting video I love the spreadsheet! The abstract and gradient ones are really cool. I like the designs of the Chromatic and the gradient krypt they look very neat, I think i need to pick those up. It’ll be a fun challenge since I haven’t solved a real actual physical puzzle in years
I almost forgot: the way I used statistics is knowing whether I can give it away or donate. Another way I keep statistics is if every shelf is filled with puzzles I need to make a decision to donate or give them to seniors who loves them. One nurse told me they prefer big pieces. I loved that idea. Karen, take some to donate some of your puzzles to seniors at retirement and/or nursing homes.
My son came the other day and built my new desk in my new craft room! Now I have a quiet place to start my puzzle adventure. I only have 3 puzzles so far, I’m waiting for yours to come back in stock. I don’t need a spreadsheet yet but hopefully in the future I will 😊
I like your data videos, they are so interesting. I didn’t really do that many puzzles last year and I didn’t put the info into a SPREADSHEET, but I did take photos of them and put them in my journal. I’ve done 7 this year so far and abandoned one because I just hated the jigsaw. The image was lovely, but not as a jigsaw. I started one today called Spring Eternal by Pomegranate. It’s lovely. It might be a little bit difficult because there is a lot of plain black, but it’ll be no worse than doing sky. X
I discovered your channel VERY late (last week of December,) and have spent all of January watching just about every video of yours. This video feels like the perfect “farewell” to that binge! And in all of my binge watching throughout January, I feel like I’ve stumbled across a new comfort RUclipsr :’) I may be a new addition to the Puzzles family, but I have felt the YEARS of passion since the beginning! That being said, I am just SO estactic to see what 2023 has to bring for you, Karen! This journey truly has just begun!! :D
No joke, my guess for the number of puzzles was 120! My piece guess was too high though - I thought the average would go above 1,000 each because of the larger ones.
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NEW SUBSCRIBER HERE! I just included my family's newest puzzles in my upcoming haul coming out later this week. I wish I could find a local group to exchange puzzles with.
No Spreadsheet ^^ but thanks for getting me into the joy of puzzling and listening to podcasts! I've done 9 puzzles 6 of it 1000 and 3 of it 500, you don't lie the ravensburger puzzles are so satisfying!
my guess is 354 puzzles. I have no clue where to start with how many pieces you put together but I am going to guess it averages out to 1000 each. I know you did know big ones but you also did some small ones. My official guess is 356,500 pieces.
I found this channel in the last year or so and because of it I think I did almost 16ish puzzles in 2022. Before that I would only do the occasional puzzle with my mom or a kids puzzle with my niece and nephew.
Last year I had a goal of 52 puzzles. I was able to complete 59, with the last one on New Years Eve! You've inspired me to keep a spreadsheet for this year. The goal number will be the same because of work, but it'll be exciting to see a breakdown.
Also, I agree about the quality of the Sunsout puzzles. I did 3 of them last year but won't be buying that brand again.
Love the stats! Love the spreadsheet!! I just love all the data!! I have considered keeping a spreadsheet but I always go back to my notebook. Last year I did 64 puzzles and 28519 pieces. I did more this year than last, but not as many 1000pcs as last year. 500pcs are a go to for me, esp with as busy as last year was. Thanks for all the charts, they really are cool to look at!
My guess for # of puzzles last year, 32. # of pieces: 62,000
The App I started using to track my puzzles is called Puzzle Tracker, but I love the categories in your spreadsheet! I completed a total of 84 Puzzles with 54,403 pieces and a total of over 205 hours!
Ive been following you for part of the year so im wildly guesstimating - im going to guess 62 puzzles, and 52,000 pieces!
I did run and do some math because my original guess was 243k, and that would mean every puzzle was ~13k pieces so that was definitely way too big of a guess 😂 or maybe not! We’ll see :3
EDIT: ALREADY DOUBLE THE PUZZLES I GUESSED SKDJFJSKJS and when the spreadsheet opened up and all of them are at LEAST 500 pieces i was like oh, oh no i underestimated. Almost double my pieces count too!!
SPREADSHEET:: I too have a spreadsheet. In 2022 I completed 42 puzzles. With the exception of 4, they were all 1,000 pieces. (2 were 500, one was 550, and 1 was 750). I keep track of how much I paid for puzzles and where they came from. And 39 different brands of puzzles.
No Spreadsheet for me from last year. But, you inspired me to start tracking this year. I am using an App. So Flat Banana got 5 stars which was my first puzzle completed this year.
I just started my own puzzle spreadsheet (on Airtable cause I wanted the gallery view!) this year after 3 years of puzzling and I can't believe it took me so long! In 2022 I did 37 puzzles and 35,500 pieces (had to edit this comment because I forgot to count the puzzles I did that I borrowed from other people, which are on another spreadsheet lol) :) Loved this video extra because puzzles AND spreadsheets? Amazing
Great info on your spreadsheets! I started a SS in 2022 to inventory my 270+ puzzles, and have some of the same info you have. I think I'll add 'WHERE FROM.' I completed 32 puzzles in 2022. I have always loved puzzling, but only really got back into it during COVID. Thanks for all of the fun!
My guess for how many puzzles you did was 500 haha so a bit off but I did guess 100,000 pieces so at least I was close there!
I actually do keep track of my puzzles in a SPREADSHEET 😉 I note name, # of pieces, time to complete, date, and if I did it alone or with my sister/friends. I should probably incorporate a rating system as well. Though I usually write up a review when I post pics on Reddit’s r/jigsawpuzzles :)
I didn't track my puzzles last year but I am this year (although I started tracking on 12/26/22, so I have until Christmas!) I'm up to 13 so far.
The one I just completed was a 2000 piece Ravensburger one called "If Fish Could Walk" and it's a very fun image. I think you'd like that one :)
60,000? I COULD NEVER! I swear your the most wholesome puzzle creator I’ve ever met! From a Chinese viewer!!
I love your spreadsheet to track your puzzle progress. I have a puzzle blog, it’s fun to keep track of your puzzle adventures 😀🧩
Similar path for me, I also thought FLUNK was the better word. My first word is always REAST, then CLOUD, FLUNK, PLUNK.
Guess made at 33 seconds. About 220. Will find out when your video has finished. Well I got that wrong then! 🙄I do have a spreadsheet but not in the same format as yours. It is just a list of all the jigsaws that I have bought which I started in 2016. I do make a note of when I buy a jigsaw and I see that I bought 285 jigsaws in 2022, rather more than I realised! 😮 However I won't have actually done that many so probably about 200 maybe more. Depends on the piece count and difficulty. I'm currently working on the 1000 piece Candy Hearts Impuzzible from All Jigsaw Puzzles which I know will take me longer than usual. I am also retired so have all day to do jigsaws if I wish. On checking I see that I took photos of 130 jigsaws last year but I don't take photos of every single jigsaw I do. Look forward to the next video. 😊
My guesses, 208 (4 per week) puzzles, 208,000 pieces (avg 1000 pieces per puzzle).
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I don't keep stats as such. What I do is sort my puzzles on the shelf by whether I think they are "re-do worthy." I force myself to stay within my shelf space (one large Billy Book Case with a top extender from Ikea). So . . . it only makes the shelf if it I think I will work the puzzle again.
Other puzzles I trade when our library has a puzzle exchange or I sometimes sell them on Ebay usually in groups by brand.
I did keep track of how many puzzles I did during 2022 in a spreadsheet. I put 18 puzzles together, with a total of 16,000 pieces. Interestingly enough, Peter Pan was one of the puzzles I worked on (the 500 version, sold in a box of four) and it was one of my favorites I put together - LOL!
I don’t keep track of my puzzle solving…really not worth it to me, but off the top of my head, 6-10 puzzles, 500-1500 pieces. I’ve done every single puzzle in my collection at least once since I got them.
I’m in a stitchy mood currently, I don’t track all my stitches (I despise counting stitches), but I know I did well over 40k stitches. (36k on 1 project, unknown on others.) I’m only counting on the one project because otherwise I just never touch it. So I math how many stitches per day I need to reach a goal and try to at least reach that. It’s not foolproof, but it’s keeping me somewhat motivated. Other projects languish because I’m asked to make time sensitive gifts occasionally. But right now no project is over 10 years old so I’m not doing too badly…
I use goodreads to keep track of my books. Not in a book mood currently, but some years got a lot of pages in. Last year was 13 books, my highest year was 283 books. I probably burned myself out a bit that year lol.
I want more diamond paintings, but the cost of the ones I like are too much…and I’d never get anything else done lol. I’ll keep watching for good sales though…
I need to take my Camelot puzzles down & put them away. But first I need to meet this stitchy goal!
140 puzzles & 124,000 pcs!🎉 edit: spreadsheet! - i just post a photo on my IG and have a Highlight with progress moments 😊 I completed 8 (3 of which took longer than I would have liked 😅)
I did 40 puzzles with a total of 36600pcs. I did mostly 500 and 1000pc puzzles and most of them were Ravensburger (18) and cloudberries (14).
I did however also work a full time job and had a huge break at the start of the year of about 3 months where I was stuck on one very hard puzzle and did some video games instead.
There’s no one quite like you KP……..I don’t know why I watch you……I nearly bought a puzzle today……I’m an old man……(your fathers anvil collection !!!) ……I might need help …
1:12 "I solved one hundred and twenty one puzzles last year! Now.... I feel like that isn't actually *that many*?"
But 365 days divided by 121 is like, you did one puzzle per three days on average! Thats bonkers!
The video made me think about what makes a good puzzle. A bit too much for a spreadsheet, but maybe something to think about when reviewing puzzles. Here is my list of criteria:
Quality
- print: high quality print regarding both details and colors
- cut: uniquely shaped pieces that fit together neatly
Creativity
- art: the motive is beautiful, meaningful artwork with attention to detail (puzzles are about details after all)
- interesting: there is something to the puzzle that makes you want to try it, is engaging, or otherwise speaks to you
Fun to do
- difficulty: the difficulty is consciously manipulated, challenges are there on purpose, usually uniform areas are made easier by adding visual cues.
- enjoyable: the puzzle works well on the scale of individual pieces, there is a nice flow, such as a veriety of sections that are fun in different ways
So far, my highest rated puzzles are "Elefant in Masai Mara National Park", "The Madhouse", and "Circle of Colors - Fruits and Vegetables" (all from Ravensburger).
At the start of lockdown (I''m in the UK) I started keeping a spreadsheet with all the puzzles I did, but unfortunately did not manage to keep it up. Having seen your video I am starting again and hope to log all my puzzles over 2023. Looking at your stats it seems we probably have similar percentages of large and small puzzles, but when it comes to sources most of mine are from charity (thrift) shops.
But my most common jigsaw company by far is Gibsons, followed by Ravensburger then Corner Piece.