Yarn Loop level guide
Yarn Loop Level 885 Walkthrough
Clear a framed still image: a salmon dome on a yellow rim above a dark gray block, red bars on the right, and a cyan panel of hidden "?" stitches on the left.
Verified Board Notes
- Initial Layout Geometry
- A brown wooden frame surrounds a salmon dome with pale streaks, a yellow rim with an olive center, and a dark gray block with black markings. Red bars run down the right edge, and a tall cyan "?" panel fills the left. Four supply columns: red 30 (linked to olive 10), olive 10, brown 40 and black 50 in front, with dark red 30, black 40, peach 30 (linked to black 40) and brown 40 behind.
- Goal / Target Area
- Unstitch the brown frame posts, the red bars, the salmon dome with its yellow and olive rim, and the dark gray block. The cyan "?" panel on the left has to be cleared too, but it reveals its real colors only as the stitches beside it go.
- Opening Moves
- Send brown 40 from column 3. Then send the red 30 + olive 10 pair: red finishes on the right bars, but olive has no exposed target yet, so the pair parks in storage. Next come the dark red 30 and brown 50 from column 1 and another red 30, then black 50 and the peach 30 + black 40 pair on the dome and outlines. The track fills up soon after.
- Danger Zone
- Early on, the red 0 + olive 10 pair keeps coming back to storage at 10 until the yellow rim is cut open, and black and brown remainders wait beside it. In the endgame the track keeps filling up as small brown, yellow and peach remainders cycle, so each has to wait for its color to reach the edge.
- Unique Mechanics
- The left panel is made of hidden "?" stitches. No cyan bobbin exists; the stitches turn into their real colors once their neighbors clear, and the panel shrinks from its brown and black edges. Several bobbins are linked in pairs (red/olive, peach/black, peach/yellow, dark red/black), and they travel and park together even after one side reaches 0.
Track N/5: free places on the moving track: 0/5 means the track is full, 5/5 means it is empty. 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 885
- Do not hold out for a cyan bobbin. The "?" panel turns into its real colors as the frame beside it is unstitched, and brown and black do most of the work on its edges.
- The red 30 + olive 10 pair parks in storage with olive still full. Sending it again before yellow has opened the rim just brings it back at 10.
- Save the dark red 20 + black 40 link for the very end. It clears the last outline pixels and the dark red bar next to the gray block.
How to Solve Yarn Loop Level 885 — Full Solution
- The board is a brown wooden frame holding a salmon dome with pale streaks, a yellow rim with an olive center under it, and a dark gray block with black markings below. Red vertical bars run down the right side, and a tall cyan panel of "?" stitches fills the left. Four supply columns start with red 30 (linked to olive 10), olive 10, brown 40 and black 50, with dark red 30, black 40, peach 30 (linked to black 40) and brown 40 behind.
- Send brown 40 from column 3 first. It eats the brown frame posts and the outer frame edge.
- Send the red 30 + olive 10 pair. Red strips the red bars on the right and runs down to 0. The olive center of the rim is still buried, so olive stays at 10 and the pair parks in storage. Sending it again before the rim opens just brings it back at 10. Once yellow opens the rim, olive drains a few stitches per lap.
- Next send the dark red 30 from column 1 and the brown 50 behind it, then the red 30 that comes up. Black 50 from column 4 follows, and after it the peach 30 + black 40 pair. Peach peels the salmon dome from the top down, and black follows the outlines and the dark block. The track fills up here, so let a bobbin come back before you send the next one.
- There is no cyan bobbin anywhere in the supply. The "?" stitches in the left panel turn into their real colors once the stitches next to them clear, and its borders show brown and black. Keep brown and black working the left frame and the panel shrinks from its edges.
- Peach 20 linked to yellow 10 comes up next, along with beige (light tan) bobbins. Send the peach/yellow pair so yellow cuts into the rim. Once the rim is open, send the parked olive pair again. Olive drains a few stitches per lap on the rim center, so it takes several laps before it reaches 0 and frees its storage slot.
- Two linked red 30s come out for the rest of the red bars. Beige 30, linked to peach, goes on the pale streaks of the dome. Storage remainders like black 9 can be sent again whenever their color reaches the edge.
- Mid-game, the supply holds black 50, brown 40, beige 30 and brown 40 over dark gray 40s. Alternate brown on the frame posts, black on the outlines, and dark gray 40 on the gray pattern in the block. Black 15 and brown 13 remainders wait in storage until their stitches are exposed. By this point the cyan panel is gone.
- Next to appear are red 30, the peach 20 + yellow 20 pair, black 40, dark gray 40 and a dark red 20 + black 40 pair. Send red 30 on the last red bars. The peach/yellow pair finishes the diagonal peach strokes and the yellow rim stripes.
- The endgame is a long cycle of 1–3 remainders in brown, yellow, peach and dark gray. The track fills up again and again, so send each remainder only when its color is on the outer edge of what is left.
- Send the dark red 20 + black 40 pair last. It takes the final black outline pixels and the thin dark red bar beside the gray block, while a dark gray remainder clears the last gray pixels.
Colors in this level:
Brown, Red, Olive, Black, Salmon, Dark red, Beige, Yellow, Dark gray
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Resending the parked olive pair before the yellow rim is open. It just loops around and takes a track place.
- Waiting for cyan bobbins. The left panel only goes away as brown and black clear its edges.
- Sending fresh bobbins while the track is full, instead of letting the brown or peach remainders come back first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no cyan bobbin in Yarn Loop Level 885?
The cyan panel is made of hidden "?" stitches. Each one turns into its real color once the stitches next to it are gone, and the panel shrinks from its brown and black edges, so brown and black bobbins do most of the clearing.
What should I do with the red 0 + olive 10 pair in storage?
Leave it parked until yellow has cut into the rim under the dome; sending it earlier just brings it back at 10. Once the rim is open, olive drains a few stitches per lap on the rim center until it reaches 0 and the storage slot frees up.
Why does the track keep reading 0/5 in Yarn Loop Level 885?
0/5 means the track is full, which happens mid-game after the black 50 and peach/black pair go out and again throughout the endgame as small brown, yellow, peach and dark gray remainders cycle. Let a bobbin come back before sending anything new, and send each remainder only when its color sits on the outer edge of what is left.