Yarn Loop level guide
Yarn Loop Level 857 Walkthrough
Clear four cat paws and the lime background, and drain three numbered 100 patches (blue, dark purple and red) with bobbins of their own color.
Verified Board Notes
- Initial Layout Geometry
- Four cat paws with dark-purple pads on a lime background (orange top band, blue middle band, tall red strip on the right, orange paw lower left); 100 patches in blue (top right), red (left) and dark purple (bottom middle) with gray beaded edges. Columns start orange 30, brown 10, lime 50 and red 50; dark-purple 40 is linked to a lime 50.
- Goal / Target Area
- Clear the orange band and paws, the blue band and paw, the tall red strip and paw, the dark-purple pads, the lime background, and the blue, dark-purple and red patches marked 100.
- Opening Moves
- First column orange 30, then the charcoal metal 30 it reveals (gray beads), lime 50 from the third column, brown 10 into storage, both red 50s and the linked dark-purple 40 / lime 50 pair.
- Danger Zone
- Twice the track sits full: early, when the red 50s and the purple/lime pair stall, and late, when four red 20s and their linked orange partners at 0 share the track while the red patch drains.
- Unique Mechanics
- Three patches marked 100 count down only as bobbins of their own color pull them. A charcoal metal bobbin removes the gray beads edging the patches. Linked pairs (dark purple/lime, orange/red, orange/lime) leave together.
Storage: the five slots where returning bobbins park until their color is reachable again. Linked: bobbins joined by a bar leave together and take one track place each.
Quick Tips for Level 857
- The charcoal 30 under the first orange is a metal bobbin. Send it early to strip the gray beads around the patches.
- Watch the numbers on the patches: purple drains first, blue next, and the red 100 on the left is the long finish.
- In the endgame, send the red 20s in a steady stream and let the linked orange partners ride at 0.
How to Solve Yarn Loop Level 857 — Full Solution
- The board is four cat paws on a lime-green background, each with dark-purple pads: an orange paw at the end of an orange band at the top, a blue paw on a blue band in the middle, a red paw on a tall red strip at the right, and an orange paw on a short leg at the lower left. Three patches marked 100 (blue at the top right, red on the left, dark purple at the bottom) are edged with gray beads.
- Four supply columns start orange 30, brown 10, lime 50 and red 50. Below them sit hidden bobbins and a dark-purple 40 linked to a second lime 50.
- Send the first column's orange 30 into the orange band. It reveals a charcoal metal 30. Send that next to pull the gray beads off the edges of the 100 patches.
- Next send the lime 50 from the third column into the background, then the brown 10. Brown has little to pull and goes to storage with most of its thread left. Then send both red 50s (first and fourth columns) into the tall red strip and the red paw.
- Send the linked dark-purple 40 and lime 50. Purple drains the dark-purple patch and the paw pads, while lime clears background. The track fills up here, so wait for a red or the purple to empty.
- Send the blue 30s, some of them linked to other bobbins, into the blue band and paw and the blue patch counts down. Park red remainders such as red 32 in storage when the strip stops feeding them.
- Keep sending lime 50s for the background between the paws and orange 30/40 for the top band and the lower-left paw. The dark-purple patch drops through the 30s and 13 and disappears, and the blue patch empties soon after.
- Now only the left red 100 patch, the end of the orange band and a few lime strips remain. The supply is mostly red 20s and orange 20 linked to red 20.
- Send the red 20s one after another into the red patch and its counter keeps falling. Four reds often fill the track, and the linked orange partners sit at 0 while their reds work.
- Keep cycling the reds and parked red returns as the patch counter keeps falling toward 0, along with the orange 20 / lime 20 pair for the last orange and lime corner.
- Send the final lime 50 to sweep the last lime strips at the top left; that empties the board.
Colors in this level:
Lime, Orange, Red, Blue, Dark purple, Brown, Charcoal
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Sending red bobbins at the left red patch while the tall red strip still takes their thread, so they circle and stall.
- Adding another bobbin to a full track while two linked pairs are still on it.
- Stopping once the red patch reaches 0; a few lime strips at the top left still need the last lime 50.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the 100 boxes in Yarn Loop Level 857?
They are color patches with a counter. Each one drops only as bobbins of its color pull it: blue, dark purple and red.
Which patch takes longest in Level 857?
The red 100 on the left. It barely moves until the tall red strip is gone, then a long run of red 20s takes it down to 0.
What does the charcoal bobbin do?
It is a metal bobbin. It removes the gray beads around the patch edges and empties within a lap or two.