Finishing this 9000 piece puzzle literally almost broke me 🤯 (Astrology Puzzle Part 4)
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It's here! FINALLY. This time I promise I'm never doing it again 😭 But feel free to let me know your suggestions - which giant puzzle should I do next?
Did you cross your fingers when you made your statement ..... cough!cough!
I always say " Never again " after a complicated yarn project , the a few hours, days, weeks down the line? I pass a yarn shop and the yarn sirens sing " Come in, welcome....welcome...."
All of them!!
Bombardment of Algiers!!!!
I would love to see the Magical Bookcase for Ravensburger. It has 18000 pieces!!! In my own puzzle bucket list there is the +40K pieces Disney puzzle. I will post a video when I get it!!!
I mean if you really....really want to challenge yourself. Do a 10,000 piece version of that heat based puzzle were you had to constantly run a hair dryer or heated item on it to see the color gradient. Then had to assemble it on a light board because there were so many false fits. Im sure you would LOVE to do that but in 10,000 pieces. Ok I had my Ultra funny joke that made you want to throw your phone in the trash can and quit responding to fans all together. But seriously do something fun with a lot of colors. You don't have to challenge yourself with every puzzle.
I think College Karen deserves some credit for doing an incredibly difficult puzzle so early on in your puzzle journey.
I can't believe I actually finished it back then 🤯
How much time did it take back then
Even more credit that you didn't swear off puzzles forever!
@@anshitananda2638 145 h over 70 days
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Also, I genuinely teared up a little when you re-did that clip with the then-Karen as the now-Karen posing with the puzzle box. That version of you would probably be mind-blown to hear where your puzzle hobby has led you - to a community of a decently sized city watching you do crazier and crazier puzzles and earning a living doing that. How wild is life!
What's worse than giant sections of solid color? Giant sections of solid color with FALSE FITS! Karen's dedication amazes me lol
i would die with false fits with nearly right colorů...
False fits are the most frustrating thing EVER!
You are a great story teller. I'm genuinely really impressed how you manage to make a video about someone doing a 'purple' puzzle interesting, suspenseful and funny.
Agree 100%!
Wow! The false fits would have been driving me crazy!! 🙈 Congrats for beating this one TWICE! 🎉
You should totally do that dragon puzzle for your next giant puzzle! It's so gorgeous, and hardly any purple...your misery can be green instead.
I did a 1500 piece dragon puzzle that was pretty much only 3 colors. It took foreeeeeever. So much fire..... *cries*
For longer than I've been alive, my family used to do a few puzzles together every Christmas. 8-12 of us would get together for the holidays and spend a little time here and there working on puzzles over a period of two weeks. That all ended after we got this puzzle. After the third day all but 3 of us quit working on it. It was too tough and no longer fun after completing the center. Didn't have a table large enough and ended up splitting it into three sections. We had all of the same problems you had with the border and false fits. Took us nearly two weeks to complete it. Near the end, with all the holes filled I wanted to call it done, but my grandfather went over it with a flashlight just like you did, finding all? the mistakes. The next two years no one wanted to help me do a puzzle. After that, family Christmases ended. Found your channel yesterday. Nice to see people still enjoy puzzles.
My sister thought puzzle videos are boring. I showed her your channel and she's immediately been proven wrong. Your editing, filming and narrating skills is so freaking good. I used to not watch videos more than 30 minutes, but you are one of the only two channels with long episodes I could watch without getting unamused.
Baby Karen deserves all recognition for doing this puzzle in such limited space! Loved how you did the purple sky!
When you first started I was like "wow, i wish i had this puzzle to do, too" and now I am "I COULD NEVEEERRR". I did a circular 600 piece version that is available in my country, tho... it was fun and easy enough
Give yourself a treat for finally finishing! This is incredible!
Just maybe not another puzzle unless it's the Little Blue Boy (the round blue one) 😅
I would not have the patience for a puzzle like this but you slayed it, great job, you deserve an easy puzzle or 50 for finishing this one!
The amount of false fits you had with this border just astound me. I couldn't imagine doing this puzzle.
You are an example of perseverance Karen. I would not have the patience for so much purple 😅 That ‘Dragon Forest’ 9000 piece is my dream puzzle! I really hope to do it someday.
It looks so dreamy! The size is too intimidating for me, at least for a solo puzzle, but I can definitely see the appeal!
I Love how you break down everything and quantify your time and journey. And how you make comparisons to other puzzles and journeys. You’re fascinating! ❤️
I think the false fits added a lot to the frustration with this puzzle. Yes, huge sections of one color are hard, but it's not like you haven't done plenty of monocromatic or gradient puzzles or boring sections in other large puzzles before. If you just have to try them once, that's still a lot of work, but feels satisfying once you find a piece. But here, there were pieces up until the very end you had to change around and pull out again until you had a "good enough" solution, and that feels like ketchup puzzle all over again.
If the puzzle cut had been more unique, it would have been sooo much easier
We do a lot of puzzles in our home. We get a lot of puzzles second hand and like you I don’t care if a piece or two are missing. I would love to do this puzzle but the PURPLE would be overwhelming to a point. Between a dog who loves to eat the pieces and a toddler, I’m not sure it would ever be finished. My wife and teenager would start it but not sure they’d stick with it once the sky was the only thing left. Our son refuses to do boarders and jumps to the first two pieces he finds that match. I’m glad it’s something we all love as a family. Our toddler, she loves puzzles and does several a day. So far the largest by count was a 2500 piece puzzle. I’m glad we stumbled on your channel. Looking forward to seeing your next puzzle.
That last juxtaposition at the end made me cry, Karen -- what a journey! 🎉
The hallowed music and slo-mo placing of the found piece, of course followed with the usual puzzle stroke, it was great. Thank you!
It was brilliant.
Really admire your dedication to finding the false fits Karen! Shows how much patience and care you have to make sure your hard work is accurate and correct, amazing due diligence
Wow. My original guess of about 93 hours was pretty close. You are blessed to have so much natural light. In Ohio, it is often overcast, so we don't get as much natural light. From watching your videos, I know to stay away from puzzles with too much dark purple, black, or brown in them. Can't wait for your competition videos. Wishing you and your team the best. say hi to Alejandro and Kristina for us.
omg yes!!!!
The ending to the puzzle itself was so sad and anticlimactic with all the false fits! 😂😭 But the ending of the video actually made me a little emotional, with you going back home and recreating where it all first started! So wonderful!
I’m glad you’re finally finished!
Now, you may feel otherwise after that sky, but *Purple* is my favorite color 😉💜
CONGRATS, KAREN! 🧩🌌
Bravo!!! Congrats, not only on finishing the puzzle, but for maintaining your sanity!!!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️
14:10 I love the running bit of Karen saying she needs a vacation/break and then the video immediately cuts to her doing it lmao
The dragon puzzle would be stunning!!!
That puzzle looks so hard!! Props to you on the completion and the dedication to it being done right!
Oh man, friends coming in clutch with the missing piece save! What a wild journey, from you doing it as a kid, to finally getting in those last pieces now. Love the last clip with the comparison. Congrats on finishing this beast once again!
It’s good to hear someone else makes up terms to describe the pieces they’re looking for. My inner puzzling monologue is often, “ I need a person piece with a twisted right arm and fat left arm pointing down.” 😂 Congratulations on completing it. I would not even attempt that one with all those dark pieces. Hats off to you.
Such great editing and story telling of your journey of tackling that hard puzzle .
I just found my new favorite channel. I can't puzzle because I live in an apartment with two cats and no space, so I am LIVING watching your videos
I feel like they should just sell the puzzle as just the inner ring. Having over a 1000 pieces just beeing purple seems like a bad puzzle experience
I would NEVER attempt a 9000 piece puzzle. But I have really enjoyed all of your videos of it from the beginning to the very end. There was so much PURPLE!
Karen, your videos are so enjoyable to watch! I have been so excited for this video to drop, and I was not disappointed! Your editing and music choices are superb - this is my favourite upload to date! I was smiling, laughing, and groaning along with you as you shone your flashlight over all those PURPLE sections! Thank you for all of the fantastic content you provide!! Until the next video! 🧩❤
Congratulations, Karen. Who knew that hell was all shades of purple! I feel that younger Karen deserves all her RUclips success after finishing the puzzle in 2009 in less than perfect conditions. Your determination and perseverance in both solves is to be commended. Good luck for your competition training. I hope it is more enjoyable.
I don't believe in astrology but I do believe in your ability to do the most amazing puzzles!
!! I've been holding off on watching this puzzle so I could watch it in full and finally I can sit in silence watching! I love your videos and they help me a lot when I'm feeling,,,, like an electrified slinky on an escalator? Anyways, I love your videos!
I've read a couple comments and this might not be the "finale", anyways, I'm too excited not to watch anyways!
The amount of afford you put in those kind of big projects is incredible and seeing you still smile and enjoy doing it is awsome ❤🎉
Poor Karen, out here risking life and limb to get this puzzle done! I hope it was an extremely satisfying feeling getting it done not once, but twice! It's pretty awesome to think about how far you've come since the first time you did this puzzle, we're all so proud of you!!!!!
I really like the idea of turning your puzzles into giant puzzle pieces for a future giant puzzle video.
Thank you so much for taking us along on this journey with you.. I was excited right there with you.. when you found the missing pieces till you actually finished... so glad you taped it together and yes another great idea to photograph all your large puzzles!!! Job well done!!!
I can safely say that I will never do this puzzle. But it was very satisfying to watch you do it.
Congrats on completing the puzzle! I've been watching your videos for about a year or so now, even going back to some of your older videos to binge-watch. Your dedication is amazing and it's even brought my interest into puzzles, something I've never thought about much until your channel. Looking forward to your next project!
Hi Karen, I'm only new to puzzles. Watching you complete this impossible puzzle is so inspiring! Thank you also for sharing all the techniques you use to complete such puzzles!
Rather than a flash light, I bought a reading lamp that is able to move at almost every joint! The high book light is perfect for jigsaws and makes areas with lots of dark colours much easier to see the differences in shades! Might be worth investing so you don’t need to hold onto the flashlight all the time! I also find in the UK our weather means we don’t have great natural light most of the yr so my lamp gets used so often!
It looks amazing, I’m not sure I’d have the patience though! 1500 has been my limit so far but I might try something a little bigger! Any suggestions for good large jigsaws for beginners (the size I mean)? Thanks
I love watching you doing big puzzles! It's okay taking it easy and doing one giant puzzle each year. I will be waiting until the next one:) Good luck with speed puzzling
I’m so glad you enjoyed yourself while doing such a difficult puzzle! Your community is proud of you! Thank you for sharing 🤩 I’ve loved following this journey!
Karen, you are just the best. Thanks for showing us that it’s still possible to put your mind towards something and then make it happen!
Purple is my favorite color but I would be scared this puzzle would change that lol great job sticking it out to the end Karen!! Good luck with your speed practice 😊 you deserve the mental break and I enjoy all your different puzzling adventures 💜
I've only been following you since you started the zodiac puzzle and in that time I have become such a fan. I couldn't wait for this update! Been checking RUclips compulsively for days and now it's here! And it's an hour long! I'm off to get cosy with a cup of tea and watch you conquer your nemesis😅
As someone who has recently completed a mostly white puzzle, finding locations with special shape certainly helps shorten the torture LOL
Another tips that might be helpful is that, whenever there are two ins/outs pockets side by side, even it doesn't have 2 sides revealing the possible shapes, one of the 2 pockets must have a special shape (that is not having two ins and outs in the opposite sides). That instantly narrows the possibility by A LOT, but still the real torture comes when there are only regular shape pieces left LOL
Huge respect to Karen for not giving up on it👏just looking at the video length shocks me
There was a lot to cover!
I've done this puzzle and remember well the struggle to finish all that purple sky. But I did it in the two halves. I love Penfound's art for this puzzle, and it's clear there were some great improvements if you compare it to say the 18000 Tropical Impressions to have more variation and interest, but your idea of more details would have been lovely.
Watching you do this has not inspired me to tackle it all at once. But I do also own Underwater Paradise, and I think that might be my first attempt to do all 9000 pieces in one go! Congrats on finishing this one!
Looking forward to your next big puzzle project next year!
omg that puzzle was EPIC. I would NEVER take on a challenge like that, it's totally out of my wheelhouse for sure ! I would love to see the books you have on the bookcase at the end of the video. Maybe a bookshelf tour ?
I already put that up on Patreon!
Great job on the purple sections! Good catch on the flashlight discovery. I usually do my puzzles in varying light because I rely on either daytime light (which changes in colour temperature quite a lot throughout the day) or my medium-powered dining room table light. I've found that some of the more difficult ones I just so much easier at a certain time of day, or in the artificial light. It's so great to see you finish this one (again)!
to answer your question: HELL NO. Too much black and PURPLE 😆 It literally feels like a nightmare puzzle to me, therefore hats off to you!
There are a couple puzzles that although I like the picture of, but I don’t have the brain capacity (colour or puzzle size) or floor space to do it if it’s a half decent sized puzzle
Omg the largest I do is 2000 and that's already quite the challenge. Mad respect for you doing this and not giving up! Bet you've seen enough purple for the next couple of weeks!
Oh Awesome! Bought some popcorn earlier today on a whim. I am SO ready for this video! (adding lines while watching)
I am always amazed how many layers deep the sorting and strategizing can go. The sorting section of the video made 100% sense, and blew my mind.
And then the false fits! The backup strategies you came up with with the flashlight, puzzlecut and observation were just a skill to behold. As a problem and puzzle-solver (in the non-jigsaw sense) I applaud you 👏 .
It appears true puzzle masters solve the edge last 😆.
Aw man with the last pieces drama you were robbed of the satisfaction of the final piece 😥.
GG for finishing! It's quite the realization how big the puzzle really is if your traditional Karen-Full-Puzzle-Swoosh can't even cover half the puzzle 😆.
Also once again big props to Katie for the stats!
I have a feeling that in about 10 years you'll get an itch in your fingers and you'll make a video that starts with the soundbyte at 50:28 to prove it wrong 😄.
The plottwist at 51:50 hit me like a brick!
I don't care about the missing pieces either. The fact that it wasn't noticeable for the viewers after you put the final piece in proves that. I certainly didn't notice. I think it's similar to how one's puzzling progress can never be "having solved exactly one tile" (becaus you need two for progress), few individual missing pieces are no biggie.
Omg 55:40 melts my heart!
No I don't think I can do a 9000 piece puzzle, I'd run out of air and turn purple 😆.
One more comment, maybe you can get like a huge buzzer button to whack when you insert the final piece, to stop the timer, start some music or soundbite, and add to the sense of satisfaction of finishing a puzzle. Maybe you can get one in Purple
Congratulation on finishing! 🎉It’s been so fun following along in the ups and downs. And the comparison between the first and second time made it extra interesting. The determination at the end to get every purple piece in at its right place is admirable! 👏👏👏
Yessss I've been so eagerly awaiting this video 😍
The 9,000 piece dragon puzzle looks so stunning for your next one... and hardly any purple ;)
False fits and lost pieces are the reason I'm wary about doing more physical puzzling. I enjoy my easy digital puzzles where I can never lose any pieces, automatically have them face the right direction, and make a satisfying click-into-place noise when you get the right piece.
This is the type of puzzle I would LOVE to try in theory but would get so burnt out on that I'd never finish and hate myself for giving up. Kudos for taking it on! It's truly an incredible image and seeing it all come together is one of the most satisfying things I've ever seen.
I love your shirt from Day 14/Final outro - it was very perfect for this puzzle. 💜 I am hoping for an 18,000 for Spring 2024. I cannot see myself ever doing the Zodiac one. I do have 18,000 (Magical Bookcase, Paris, Star Wars) plus 32,000 New York waiting for me, for the day my last two children have moved out and I can retire.
I'd be obsessed with finding that missing piece, like sliding around on the floor with a flashlight looking for gaps between the floor and the baseboards. Glad to see that it's done.
The repeated cut is the absolute biggest argument against ever doing a complete mix. Every other part of the process, while daunting, still seems surmountable, but having to continually be weary of pieces with almost practically identical cuts and color... nope, that would just drive me insane. :)
I'm with you on missing pieces; you have to let that stuff go. I enjoyed watching *you* do this puzzle, I would never (too color blind, even the flashlight wouldn't help me). I suggest a celebratory dinner or dessert buffet on that dining room table--tacos or make your own ice cream sundae. Congratulations!
Is it normal that my heartbeat goes up the closer she gets to finish it 😊?
I like that you store the puzzle with the tape trick!
So impressed with the amount of work and your dilligence.
The missing piece @16:01 is SO SATISFYING. BUT HOLY SHIT. The dedication to the false fits and fixing is just. Ugh. I adore the picture and I agree that just the Center would be lovely. I am a Purple lover but no, I would never do this.
The purple puzzle was amazing
Congrats Karen! that was amazing!! and the video was also really good. thanks for letting us do big puzzles vicariously through you! i recently did a 2000-piece gradient and I think that's as big/hard as I'm going to go lol (yes there was some PURPLE in it)
I was truely shocked about the misfitting pieces. Ravensburger is famous for making distinct cuttings for each piece. So glad you shared at the end that they have learned since then
I think it's just the two sides that have the same cut and when you get the puzzle, you're supposed to do them separately and they are packaged separately. So if you do it like they want you to do it, you shouldn't have so many false fits.
FINALLY. Been waiting for this. Thank you, Karen!
I would never try a puzzle like this 9000 pieces with a lot of purple and black would drive me crazy. Glad you finished it. I like the idea of taping the pieces together.
I noticed that in your timelapses you take single pieces from the trays and test them in the spots. It is much faster to take one of the surrounding pieces already in the puzzle and move them along the pieces on the tray, especially if you have quirky ins and outs. Maybe you didn't know this already and can save some time in the future. Very impressive puzzling, loved the video!
I'd love to do a giant puzzle one day, and I've always thought this puzzle was soooo beautiful, but I know I'd never be able to get through all of those dark solid coloured pieces! Well done doing it not once but twice! I can't wait to see which giant puzzle you tackle next. I'm hoping it'll be the Educa 42,000 piece, I'd love to do it myself. It's so huge but the image has so much amazing detail, I love it.
Karen, love this and lived for these vids. Seriously need more giant puzzle videos from you. I can do smaller ones so not as exciting to watch, but I get to puzzle vicariously through you on these. Please reconsider and do more big ‘uns! PLEASE!!!
I’ll be doing another big one next year. In the meantime I have two other giant puzzle series that you can watch (or rewatch ☺️)
I'm glad you finally got the purple part of the puzzle done, and I'm glad the 9,000 piece puzzle is finally done!! You deserve a lot of credit because I couldn't do it because I don't have that much space! Love watching your videos and how you solve the puzzles!
When you put in the last few pieces I laughed so hard 😂😂😂
wow, respect !! what a hard puzzle. and you done it. the result looks incredible !!
I am impressed!! Thank you for going through this struggle just so our neurodivergent brains can have some serotonin 💕💕
I did the mini 1000 version of this puzzle. I had all the same issues. And tackled the puzzle basically the same way you did (including solving all the same problems). I’m just an average at home puzzler. I loved this puzzle so much, I bought a second sealed one. It was sooooooo rewarding to finish it!!! (Although my used one was missing one piece). Someday I hope to find and be able to afford this 9000 piece version. 🙏🙏. I’m 53 and this is one my bucket list!! I love watching you do puzzles. I marathon watch you while I’m doing other things and can’t puzzle. Like right now I’m grooming my very furry friends even tho I’d rather be doing a puzzle. Lol.
And yes… I tried and hoped to win the first one you gave away…😂😂😂.
Watching you being so dedicated to correcting false fits *really* makes me want to know how many people actually complete the puzzle correctly. I imagine it's a minuscule number.
This many falsefits id because she had the two bags already mixed and the cut repeats on the second half.
But I think Ravensburger puzzles often fit a little to loose and are not as unique for puzzles of this size. What Karen isn't used to in Ravensburger puzzles is that the puzzles fit together at the edges one tall pieces doesn't magically fit to an short one like it was often shown with the American Puzzle company puzzles.
I like when I puzzle a puzzle row this rows waves up and doen perfectly without hard jumps. I wouldn't buy puzzles with huge sections of the same color. I don't want to end like the red Heinz puzzles.
If I had spent 17 days/96 hours on a 9000 piece puzzle and there ending up being a missing piece I would have had a mental breakdown😂 Props to you for not crying from that, and congrats on completing it! I also would have said that it was good enough during all the false fits but that’s me 😂
You did it!!!! Again!!!
I could never do this whole puzzle, I'd want to skip all the purple.
Love that you matched your shirt to the theme
The finale awaits!!! YAY!!
You have a really great group of friends! I'm so glad that you're all able to get together, go away for a weekend, puzzle, celebrate birthdays and friendships, and have fun. I particularly enjoyed the "Good game," high-five line! That was awesome! lol
Edit: I was SO impressed by your perseverance. Toward the end of this puzzle, you kept pushing forward, stopping, reassessing, taking a step or two back, then continuing forward. It took a lot of internal mettle to do this, b/c after all that work, it's difficult to realize that there were misplaced pieces and then to fix the problem by redoing work previously done. I have to state that working on the purple/black pieces shouldn't have left you w/ a sense of dread. It should've left you w/ a sense of accomplishment after finishing a 9000 piece puzzle. I think that the way the puzzle was designed was unnecessarily tedious. There was no reason that SO many pieces could be interchangeably utilized throughout the puzzle. I think that this was a failure of the puzzle manufacturer in creating something so repetitive that you literally had to break out a flashlight, and go over each section repeatedly, and search for misplaced pieces. You did wonderfully, but the puzzle manufacturer left a lot to be desired. I also applaud your ability to recognize that a missing piece is just that, a missing piece. It doesn't take away or diminish your accomplishment in any way, shape, or form. I also have to note that the very end of the video was quite nostalgic and adorable.
The moment we’ve all been waiting for 😏 🥁 🥁
I was beginning to wonder if you'd abandoned this puzzle. Proud of you for proving me wrong.
Hooray! I finished up a 1K that's been taking over my dining room table for too long as I watched you battle it out to the end. Thanks for the inspiration!
Omg I can’t believe it’s finally happening!
I love purple, but I could never stare at it for that long! Well done on finishing it 🎉 I don’t have the space to do such a big puzzle, but that ravensburger one with the dragons looks beautiful.
Been rewatching all your old vids while waiting for this! Congratulations!!!!❤❤❤❤
yaay!! new video!!
Purple . I would never try to do a puzzle like that. You are amazing .
i hope to see more "i want to do x instead of this" followed by you actually doing that thing, because its not only hilarious its insanely wholesome
your puzzle work is therapeutic, but after watching your world championship videos, it is your data and graphs that add to the experience, :)
I bought this puzzle a couple of years ago, just because I loved the image. It's sitting here since then, I opened the box, but never opened one of the bags. My plan was to go for it once I found a way to spread it all out (not so easy with cats, a kid and a husband 😀).
But after your video, I think I will just sell it. I don't feel that I will be ready for so many PURPLE pieces 😀
I'm actually not surprised you didn't care about a missing piece! I have noticed you seem to care more about the puzzling process itself rather than the finished picture. In other words the finished picture matters because you put it together, not because of what the picture actually is.
I envy you because i think people like you take more joy in the hobby overall, whereas for me if there is a piece missing i get really upset about it.
Congratulations on the finished puzzle and thank you for taking care of yourself and setting limits on how often you will challenge yourself like this. Its good to know creators are protecting themselves against burnout.
Just got this randomly recommended to me and it amazes me how many different channels there are on this platform and all the different people doing their thing! This is so cool despite the struggle 😆