Even though having every piece facing the same direction can be difficult, doing so will keep you working on the entire puzzle and speed up the subsequent steps.

You get a defined area to work in as you build when you create your boundary. Naturally, this method only functions for typical jigsaw puzzles with edges. You’re out of luck if you chose the added difficulty of completing a problem without any edge pieces. You could have more luck starting on the inside of the jigsaw and completing the border pieces last if the border is entirely one colour or design.

From this point, you can piece together well-known puzzle pieces. This step will be quite simple for the majority of puzzles because you can distinguish between various shades or regions of the puzzle based on the colour of the pieces. This will be more difficult because some “impossible” puzzles include patterns and colours that repeat all over the place. For these, you should strive to distinguish between colours that don’t show up as frequently and concentrate on the shape of the pieces.

When sorting items with no dominating colour, place them in a separate pile that will be used after your primary color-sort piles have been used up.

Because they have text or a colour that only appears in one place, some components will be essential to really differentiating certain jigsaw pieces. Keep those separate, and build as much as you can on them. Additionally, you might come across puzzle parts that are significantly different in shape from the others. Keep these pieces apart so you can easily identify where they belong once you begin putting the puzzle together. Whimsies, or unique shapes like humans and animals, are sometimes included in puzzles along with the more typical jigsaw pieces.

You can arrange your pieces both by colour AND form if you wish to further sort them. For example, if you were working on a puzzle with a blue sky, you would keep grouping all of the blue pieces into piles of “2 ins” or “2 outs.” Then, by imagining the hole, you would start looking for compatible pieces.

Working on little chunks so that you complete areas can be incredibly beneficial instead of attempting to complete the challenge all at once. This will help you stay inspired and give you a visual record of your development.