Yarn Loop level guide
Yarn Loop Level 866 Walkthrough
Unwind the khaki and blue background and the side strip around a potted plant, then clear the fruit, mug and jar below it and finish the red pot and the last leaf pixels.
Verified Board Notes
- Initial Layout Geometry
- A green potted plant in a red pot on a blue background, with khaki above, a red mug, a yellow jar and orange fruit at its base, and a blue/khaki vertical strip with pink clasps on the right edge. Four supply columns with many bar-linked pairs; five empty storage slots.
- Goal / Target Area
- Clear the khaki upper background, the blue lower background, the blue/khaki side strip, the orange fruit with yellow outlines, the red mug, the yellow jar, the green leaves with black outlines and the red pot.
- Opening Moves
- The linked red 20 + brown 10 pair first, then blue 30, black 50 and dark green 20, then the orange 10 linked to yellow 20. The red/brown pair parks in storage after its first lap.
- Danger Zone
- While black 50, dark green 20 and the orange/yellow pair circle the full background, the track is full or one place from full. Hold back the next linked pair until one of them runs out.
- Unique Mechanics
- Bars link bobbins into pairs that leave the supply together, such as red 20 + brown 10 and orange 10 + yellow 20. A separate vertical blue/khaki strip on the right edge is worn down by blue and khaki along with the background.
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 866
- Park the red 20 + brown 10 pair after its first lap and save it for the mug and lids.
- Strip the khaki and blue background first; the fruit, jar and leaves only open from the outside in.
- Count both bobbins of a linked pair against the free track places before sending it.
How to Solve Yarn Loop Level 866 — Full Solution
- The board is a potted plant: green and dark-green leaves with black outlines over a khaki upper background, a red pot on a blue lower background, and below it a red mug with a brown rim, a yellow jar with a brown lid and a row of orange fruit in yellow outlines. A thin vertical strip on the right edge is blue above and khaki below, joined by two pink clasps. The supply has four columns, and bars link many bobbins into pairs.
- Send the linked red 20 + brown 10 pair first. It finds very little it can reach yet, so after its first lap park the pair in storage, where it waits for most of the level.
- Send blue 30 into the blue background and the blue half of the right-edge strip, then black 50 along the leaf and fruit outlines and dark green 20 into the outer leaves.
- Send the orange 10 that is linked to yellow 20 against the fruit row and its yellow outlines. With black, dark green and this pair all running, the track is full or one place from full, so let one of them finish before you send the next pair.
- Work the background from the outside in. Khaki 30 and khaki 50 strip the upper background and the khaki half of the right strip, while more blue 30s eat the blue background around the pot. The side strip shortens and is gone by the middle of the level.
- Keep sending green 10s and 20s into the leaves as their edges open, and pair each with black for the outlines. A blue bobbin linked to yellow clears the last blue near the jar.
- With the background and side strip gone, the fruit row and the jar are exposed. Send orange 20 and the yellow 10s into the fruit, then the stored red 20 + brown 10 pair, now down to red 15 + brown 4, into the mug and the brown lids.
- Next, the blue background behind the pot and the lower leaves is left. Send the blue 30s and the linked green/blue pairs through it, and use red 10s on the mug and the pot's outer rim.
- The plant now floats on its own: dark-green and green leaves, black outline, red pot and a few blue scraps. Send black 40/50 and the green 10 pairs against the leaves, and keep red 20s for the pot.
- Short pieces like green 4 and red 5 may park in storage briefly. Bring each back once its color shows on the outer edge of what is left.
- The last pieces are a few red pot stitches and green leaf pixels. Send the final red bobbins and the green bobbins at them; a green stitch is the last to go.
Colors in this level:
Green, Dark green, Black, Khaki, Blue, Red, Brown, Yellow, Orange
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Sending a linked pair while the track has only one free place, leaving its partner nowhere to go.
- Sending red 10 at the pot before the blue background around it is gone.
- Leaving the right-edge side strip, whose blue and khaki ends still need clearing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the opening for Level 866?
Send the red 20 + brown 10 pair, then blue 30, black 50 and dark green 20, then the orange 10 linked to yellow 20. Park the red/brown pair once it stops pulling.
What is the thin strip on the right edge?
It is a separate piece of the picture, blue above and khaki below with pink clasps in the middle. Blue and khaki bobbins wear it down along with the background, and it is gone by the middle of the level.
When should I bring back the red 20 + brown 10 pair in Level 866?
It finds almost nothing at the start, so park it after its first lap and leave it in storage for most of the level. Once the background and side strip are gone and the fruit row and jar are exposed, send it back (now red 15 + brown 4) into the mug and the brown lids.