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...."
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.
My favourite new running gag on the channel is the "oh god, I wish I could run away to X instead of doing this puzzle" bit, followed by a montage of you doing exactly that thing lol
So….. I did my first jigsaw puzzle at the age of 61. I had some problems with it so looked on you tube for some tips and found your channel .. 2 years later I am working on the 24000 piece Life puzzle and have also got the 9000 piece astrology to do next.... Thank you Karen for your inspiration and all the tips. You are a joy to watch. Much love and appreciation
@@MadiganinPeach Thank you so much. I have almost comleated the first section and am amazed at the colours, it is a beautiful puzzle, you should give it a try. It is taking me much longer than Karen though... lol
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!
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.
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.
@@Hana9916 It would have ended eventually. This puzzle just hastened it by a few years. For the last 9 months, I've been trying to hype up puzzling by telling what's left of my family about all the interesting puzzles Karen finds and the speed puzzling competitions. Recently, I started a 500-piece puzzle, hoping someone would join in. All I saw were the backs of their iPads. Glad there are people on the internet that still find it interesting.
I do not know why I find this more entertaining than a big budget show made by a whole team of people. There is drama, tension, and just great story telling done through editing and thoughtful filmmaking making. Great job!! Thanks for the fun video. Purple Purple Purple
I'm currently suffering from the worst back pain I've ever had. I haven't had the chance to do a puzzle in 2 weeks because sitting, laying down, standing, everything hurts. This video is fulfilling my crave for puzzling. Thank you Karen and congratulations🎉
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.
When I was a tween, I has this Ravensburger 1000 piece glow in the dark "Pegasus" puzzle and by the end I resorted to trying out every piece into a gap until I found one that fit to get all the dark sky pieces, so I somewhat sympathise!
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.
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
I don't even know how you did. You're a genius. I'm in awe. Not 0,000001% of us here would be able to do it. Not only does it takes skills, but it takes courage, perseverance, patience. I know we can move mountains when we have passion for something but still, this is incredible. The few people on Earth who have managed to do this puzzle must have done it in a year or something..... Just managing to finish it is already an amazing feat. The fact that you did it in less than 100 hours is beyond amazing. I guess the average finish time is 500 hours for a beast puzzle like this lol. The amount of sorting and of patience is exhausting just to think of.
Purple purple purple! I bet you are seeing that still in your nightmares! Maybe next years puzzle camp can tackle a giant puzzle! That way you don’t have to do it alone. Nice work, Karen!!
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.
"Guys... I think I might finish the puzzle today." /checks timestamp, only halfway through/ Karen, you are an absolute rock star with insane patience 🌟
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.
I wonder how many people would watch the entire puzzle videos in real time.. this speed was perfect. 😊 Actually it would make a cool dining room table if you add a piece glass over it
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 would've ignored the false fits, like that is dedication (and masochism, honestly). Congrats on finishing this insane puzzle! i don't think i will ever do anything above a thousand pieces and live precariously through you for the larger ones.
Congratulations on finishing it again, and finally having your dinner table back!! I love how dedicated you are about truly finishing it! Like taking the time to spot all these false fits and finding the right place for each piece, even tho we viewers probably would've never noticed, if you hadn't pointed it out! 💜💜 And you laying/posing on the finished puzzle will always be my favorite!!
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!
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.
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
I did the 9000 pcs dragon puzzle last year! It is absolutely beautiful all the way through and you're not left with a million solid dark pieces in the end. ❤
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! 🧩🌌
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 😂
Karen does a once-in-a-lifetime puzzle... twice 💜 Purple is my favorite color, not sure I will ever attempt this astronomically huge puzzle but I super enjoyed watching the series
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.
!! 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!
Amazing job Karen! The final puzzle looks incredible! I would consider doing this puzzle one day if I had the room, but only because watching you do this has given me real strategies and tips - like using a flashlight on the purple! I will say that dragon forest 9000piece is one I would try first - soooooo gorgeous!
Congrats on finishing! While Purple is my favorite color, there is no way that I'd do this puzzle! The sky is ridiculously hard! I kind of feel like once puzzles get to a certain size, with repeated cuts and very little detail, the puzzle company should put either letters or some kind of detail on the back side so you can flip a piece and go, nope, this is the wrong spot. That way if you want to use it, you can, if you want the difficulty, you can ignore it. I watched another puzzler do the giant museum puzzle and she did each section as designed (didn't mix them up) and still had so many false fits that in the end, she couldn't put the sections together because of them. And at the size of the puzzle, not being able to connect it seems to defeat the whole point! I think I'll stick to 2000 and under! :) Thank you for sharing your journey, Karen! It was a fun one to watch.
@KarenPuzzles - regarding ‘missing’ pieces . . . I have to wear shirts with sleeves because puzzle pieces stick to my elbows & forearms! I get up from the puzzle & the pieces do, too 🧩😝
Congratulations, Karen. Who knew that hell was all shades of purple! I feel that younger Karen deserves all her TH-cam 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.
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.
I love purple, but I would NEVER do this puzzle! But I loved how you filmed it to bring us along the journey with you! Well done, and I can't wait to see you compete in Spain next month! A friend of mine, Andrea, will actually be there too, so I'm excited to tune into the livestreams to watch you both!
Just finished your first 3000 piece puzzle!!!! Took me two weeks while recovering from surgery, but it was super fun and a great way to pass the time. My roommates keep asking when I’m going to move it off the table-I keep telling them it took me so long and I want to enjoy it!!! 😂😂 Great job finishing this puzzle!!
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!!!!!
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!
I honestly don't know how you managed to complete it, it looked like absolute 'purple' torture! WELL DONE! I see you have quite a few large puzzles in your closet that are waiting to be done and thought maybe we could vote on which you should tackle next spring?
Well, I'm not so sad I couldn't get my hands on this puzzle anymore. 🤣 That looked TOUGH, but the way you pushed through is so encouraging. It inspired me to stop procrastinating with my own half-finished 6k puzzle so I can get to the 9k dragon one.
I remember watching 24 000 piece puzzle video and when you finished it, it felt so amazing I feel the same thing now, watching those videos come out real time instead of watching a recording of many videos back then
Congratulations Karen, on getting through all the black and PURPLE pieces in your puzzle and finishing the whole thing! 💜🖤 I'm glad to see that you taped it as well. I was hoping you would.
The largest puzzle I've ever done is a 5000 piece puzzle of a world map covered in famous landmarks and birds, and there was so much water, despite being fewer pieces, I'm sure there were more pure blue pieces in that puzzle than PURPLE/black pieces in this one. The water took me more than half the total time. Overall, the entire puzzle spanned 16 days, and it probably would have taken longer if I didn't find a small hack with the repeat puzzle cut, where I was able to find the corresponding piece shapes on the opposite side of the puzzle, take them out, and match it to the remaining water pieces to make finding the piece(s) I need WAY easier. Currently I'm working on the 9000 piece Disney Museum puzzle, and I love listening to your videos while working on it, and if you haven't tried this puzzle already, I can't recommend it enough. It has a similar feel to this one, where it's almost like a bunch of different small puzzles to do, then fill in the rest. And even though it has a similar problem of the large amount of similar pieces, this time being the frame pieces, but these frames are a lot of fun since most of them have unique patterns and details, plus it's more fun looking at gold or bronze pieces with patterns, as apposed to pure black or purple. It's a relatively easy puzzle, I didn't even completely sort the pieces, I just went through, and grouped pieces that I thought were from the same picture, and did the puzzle as I sorted.
I'd also most likely spend ages at the end making sure I get all the false fits into the right places. That sort of thing does bug me so it's super satisfying to me when you finally get it all in the right place.
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!!!
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! 🧩❤
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.
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!
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
Fully respect you for going in with the flashlight to catch false fits but if I got that far into the puzzle I’d be smashing pieces into place with a rubber mallet to get it over with 😂😂😂
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!
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!
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 TH-cam 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😅
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 💜
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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!
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My favourite new running gag on the channel is the "oh god, I wish I could run away to X instead of doing this puzzle" bit, followed by a montage of you doing exactly that thing lol
omg yes, my favorite, too!!
Was thinking the same!!
I love it too….
Karen: the edge looks great!
The edge: _ - _
You too.
So….. I did my first jigsaw puzzle at the age of 61. I had some problems with it so looked on you tube for some tips and found your channel .. 2 years later I am working on the 24000 piece Life puzzle and have also got the 9000 piece astrology to do next.... Thank you Karen for your inspiration and all the tips. You are a joy to watch. Much love and appreciation
That's amazing! Never too late to experience new joys. And that's incredible progress for only 2 years!!
I love this. I've been doing puzzles basically my whole life and I get overwhelmed with 3000 piece puzzles 😂 good luck!
That is amazing good luck I would never be able to do that wow
@@RubyWish thank you. That is so ture. I am loving the challenge
@@MadiganinPeach Thank you so much. I have almost comleated the first section and am amazed at the colours, it is a beautiful puzzle, you should give it a try. It is taking me much longer than Karen though... lol
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!
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!
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%!
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.
I can't believe this puzzle ended a whole tradition oh no
@@Hana9916 It would have ended eventually. This puzzle just hastened it by a few years. For the last 9 months, I've been trying to hype up puzzling by telling what's left of my family about all the interesting puzzles Karen finds and the speed puzzling competitions. Recently, I started a 500-piece puzzle, hoping someone would join in. All I saw were the backs of their iPads. Glad there are people on the internet that still find it interesting.
There's NO WAY I'd ever attempt that puzzle ever. I really respect your determination!
You should it'll be fun /s
I really like the idea of turning your puzzles into giant puzzle pieces for a future giant puzzle video.
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*
That puzzle looks so hard!! Props to you on the completion and the dedication to it being done right!
Wow! The false fits would have been driving me crazy!! 🙈 Congrats for beating this one TWICE! 🎉
I do not know why I find this more entertaining than a big budget show made by a whole team of people. There is drama, tension, and just great story telling done through editing and thoughtful filmmaking making. Great job!! Thanks for the fun video. Purple Purple Purple
The amount of false fits you had with this border just astound me. I couldn't imagine doing this 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'm currently suffering from the worst back pain I've ever had. I haven't had the chance to do a puzzle in 2 weeks because sitting, laying down, standing, everything hurts. This video is fulfilling my crave for puzzling. Thank you Karen and congratulations🎉
Feel better soon!
@@KarenPuzzlesThank you💞🤗
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You had way more patience and determination about making sure every piece was in the right place then I would have
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.
When I was a tween, I has this Ravensburger 1000 piece glow in the dark "Pegasus" puzzle and by the end I resorted to trying out every piece into a gap until I found one that fit to get all the dark sky pieces, so I somewhat sympathise!
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.
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
I’m so excited !!!! Because of you i bought this puzzle. Love your channel. Love from Australia xx
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 don't even know how you did. You're a genius. I'm in awe. Not 0,000001% of us here would be able to do it. Not only does it takes skills, but it takes courage, perseverance, patience. I know we can move mountains when we have passion for something but still, this is incredible. The few people on Earth who have managed to do this puzzle must have done it in a year or something..... Just managing to finish it is already an amazing feat.
The fact that you did it in less than 100 hours is beyond amazing. I guess the average finish time is 500 hours for a beast puzzle like this lol. The amount of sorting and of patience is exhausting just to think of.
Baby Karen deserves all recognition for doing this puzzle in such limited space! Loved how you did the purple sky!
Purple purple purple! I bet you are seeing that still in your nightmares!
Maybe next years puzzle camp can tackle a giant puzzle! That way you don’t have to do it alone. Nice work, Karen!!
The dragon puzzle would be stunning!!!
Bravo!!! Congrats, not only on finishing the puzzle, but for maintaining your sanity!!!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️
That last juxtaposition at the end made me cry, Karen -- what a journey! 🎉
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!
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!
wow, respect !! what a hard puzzle. and you done it. the result looks incredible !!
came for the puzzling, stayed for the charts 😅 You're wonderful Karen, congratulations
"Guys... I think I might finish the puzzle today."
/checks timestamp, only halfway through/
Karen, you are an absolute rock star with insane patience 🌟
PURPLE!!💜 Nope, I don’t see myself ever attempting this puzzle but I loved watching YOU finish it!
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
I wonder how many people would watch the entire puzzle videos in real time.. this speed was perfect. 😊 Actually it would make a cool dining room table if you add a piece glass over it
That is just a livestream basically.
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 would've ignored the false fits, like that is dedication (and masochism, honestly).
Congrats on finishing this insane puzzle! i don't think i will ever do anything above a thousand pieces and live precariously through you for the larger ones.
Congratulations on finishing it again, and finally having your dinner table back!!
I love how dedicated you are about truly finishing it! Like taking the time to spot all these false fits and finding the right place for each piece, even tho we viewers probably would've never noticed, if you hadn't pointed it out! 💜💜
And you laying/posing on the finished puzzle will always be my favorite!!
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!
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!!!!
your puzzle work is therapeutic, but after watching your world championship videos, it is your data and graphs that add to the experience, :)
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
I did the 9000 pcs dragon puzzle last year! It is absolutely beautiful all the way through and you're not left with a million solid dark pieces in the end. ❤
this was my first „big“ puzzle and i love it so much even though it is very hard in some parts. but so beautiful 😊
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! 🧩🌌
I have been following you for a couple of weeks, at most, and just binged your Zodiac puzzle. You are amazing!
Aww little Karen is just so wholesome 😂 Congrats on making your way through all those purple pieces and finally finishing!!
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 😂
Karen does a once-in-a-lifetime puzzle... twice 💜 Purple is my favorite color, not sure I will ever attempt this astronomically huge puzzle but I super enjoyed watching the series
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…😂😂😂.
!! 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 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.
Amazing job Karen! The final puzzle looks incredible! I would consider doing this puzzle one day if I had the room, but only because watching you do this has given me real strategies and tips - like using a flashlight on the purple! I will say that dragon forest 9000piece is one I would try first - soooooo gorgeous!
Great job and thanks for some of the tips i sometimes have trouble with darker colors but know i have a new way to attack it
Congrats on finishing! While Purple is my favorite color, there is no way that I'd do this puzzle! The sky is ridiculously hard! I kind of feel like once puzzles get to a certain size, with repeated cuts and very little detail, the puzzle company should put either letters or some kind of detail on the back side so you can flip a piece and go, nope, this is the wrong spot. That way if you want to use it, you can, if you want the difficulty, you can ignore it.
I watched another puzzler do the giant museum puzzle and she did each section as designed (didn't mix them up) and still had so many false fits that in the end, she couldn't put the sections together because of them. And at the size of the puzzle, not being able to connect it seems to defeat the whole point!
I think I'll stick to 2000 and under! :) Thank you for sharing your journey, Karen! It was a fun one to watch.
All of those solid purple pieces would have driven me crazy. I haven’t quite built up enough courage to take on a puzzle like this.
words can´t express how much I was waiting for this video 😭😭😭 I'm so glad is almost an hour long!!!!!
@KarenPuzzles - regarding ‘missing’ pieces . . . I have to wear shirts with sleeves because puzzle pieces stick to my elbows & forearms! I get up from the puzzle & the pieces do, too 🧩😝
This is actually fun to watch. I don't now how I'd approach, but it's fun to see Karen sorting things out for us.
Congratulations, Karen. Who knew that hell was all shades of purple! I feel that younger Karen deserves all her TH-cam 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.
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
Such great editing and story telling of your journey of tackling that hard puzzle .
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.
I can safely say that I will never do this puzzle. But it was very satisfying to watch you do it.
I love purple, but I would NEVER do this puzzle! But I loved how you filmed it to bring us along the journey with you! Well done, and I can't wait to see you compete in Spain next month! A friend of mine, Andrea, will actually be there too, so I'm excited to tune into the livestreams to watch you both!
Just finished your first 3000 piece puzzle!!!! Took me two weeks while recovering from surgery, but it was super fun and a great way to pass the time. My roommates keep asking when I’m going to move it off the table-I keep telling them it took me so long and I want to enjoy it!!! 😂😂 Great job finishing this puzzle!!
Finally! I have not anticipated a finale this much since Endgame haha
That puzzle is GORGEOUS! But..... holy shit, that is insane.
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!!!!!
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!
I honestly don't know how you managed to complete it, it looked like absolute 'purple' torture! WELL DONE! I see you have quite a few large puzzles in your closet that are waiting to be done and thought maybe we could vote on which you should tackle next spring?
Well, I'm not so sad I couldn't get my hands on this puzzle anymore. 🤣 That looked TOUGH, but the way you pushed through is so encouraging. It inspired me to stop procrastinating with my own half-finished 6k puzzle so I can get to the 9k dragon one.
that many purple pieces would drive me nuts!
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 ❤🎉
I remember watching 24 000 piece puzzle video and when you finished it, it felt so amazing
I feel the same thing now, watching those videos come out real time instead of watching a recording of many videos back then
Congratulations Karen, on getting through all the black and PURPLE pieces in your puzzle and finishing the whole thing! 💜🖤
I'm glad to see that you taped it as well. I was hoping you would.
The largest puzzle I've ever done is a 5000 piece puzzle of a world map covered in famous landmarks and birds, and there was so much water, despite being fewer pieces, I'm sure there were more pure blue pieces in that puzzle than PURPLE/black pieces in this one.
The water took me more than half the total time. Overall, the entire puzzle spanned 16 days, and it probably would have taken longer if I didn't find a small hack with the repeat puzzle cut, where I was able to find the corresponding piece shapes on the opposite side of the puzzle, take them out, and match it to the remaining water pieces to make finding the piece(s) I need WAY easier.
Currently I'm working on the 9000 piece Disney Museum puzzle, and I love listening to your videos while working on it, and if you haven't tried this puzzle already, I can't recommend it enough. It has a similar feel to this one, where it's almost like a bunch of different small puzzles to do, then fill in the rest. And even though it has a similar problem of the large amount of similar pieces, this time being the frame pieces, but these frames are a lot of fun since most of them have unique patterns and details, plus it's more fun looking at gold or bronze pieces with patterns, as apposed to pure black or purple.
It's a relatively easy puzzle, I didn't even completely sort the pieces, I just went through, and grouped pieces that I thought were from the same picture, and did the puzzle as I sorted.
I'd also most likely spend ages at the end making sure I get all the false fits into the right places. That sort of thing does bug me so it's super satisfying to me when you finally get it all in the right place.
Great job! That was a project! And thanks for being a stats nerd 🤓 It's the purple icing on the cake for me. Spreadsheets are awesome!
I don't believe in astrology but I do believe in your ability to do the most amazing puzzles!
your What incredible determination you have. I LOVE your strategies. Thanks for the inspiration.
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!!!
Bravo Karen! I think we all just went on an emotional puzzle rollercoaster with you! 😂
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! 🧩❤
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.
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!
Yesss please do the 9000 piece dragon puzzle! It’s so so cool, I‘d love to see the process for that one
Karen! You’re wonderful, I adore you. Congrats on finishing it!!
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!
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
Fully respect you for going in with the flashlight to catch false fits but if I got that far into the puzzle I’d be smashing pieces into place with a rubber mallet to get it over with 😂😂😂
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!
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!
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 TH-cam 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😅
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 💜