Yarn Loop level guide
Yarn Loop Level 886 Walkthrough
Clear an argyle checkerboard of olive, yellow, black and gray squares with pink, purple and green chevrons, a red corner and a cyan corner.
Verified Board Notes
- Initial Layout Geometry
- An argyle checkerboard of olive and yellow diamond squares, black and dark gray squares, pink/purple chevrons in the upper left and green chevrons in the lower right. A red corner sits at top left and a cyan corner at bottom right. Dark strips line the edges with purple "?" tags at the corners. The supply is three countdown crates (3, 3, 3) under an olive 40–yellow 40–green 20 linked chain.
- Goal / Target Area
- Strip the dark edge strips and black squares first, then the red and cyan corners. Work through the olive, yellow and gray squares and the pink, purple and green chevrons, and end on the last hot pink and dark green pixels.
- Opening Moves
- Send the olive 40–yellow 40–green 20 chain, the only bobbin on top of the crates. It comes back nearly full and parks in three storage slots. Send purple 20 next; the first crate drops to 1 and pushes up a black 30, which goes out before the crate breaks into black 50 and pink 20.
- Danger Zone
- Two stretches are tight. In the first, the parked olive/yellow/green chain fills three storage slots until the gray and olive squares open. Late in the level, black, yellow and purple remainders fill four or five storage slots and they flash red. Spend them before taking new bobbins.
- Unique Mechanics
- The supply starts as countdown crates. Each send ticks the crates down, and when one breaks it releases new bobbins (pink/cyan link, black 50s, red 10, hot pink 20). Several bobbins are linked chains of two or three colors, and an emptied link still rides with its partner. Once black stitches come off, hidden cyan "?" stitches show inside the gray, black and olive squares and reveal their color as their neighbors clear.
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 886
- The opening chain will come back almost full. Accept that it parks and holds three storage slots, and send black on the edge strips next.
- Cyan 10 and red 10 come out of the crates. Use them right away on the cyan and red corners while those corners touch the track.
- Late in the level, empty the black, yellow and purple remainders before you take another bobbin from the supply.
How to Solve Yarn Loop Level 886 — Full Solution
- The board is an argyle checkerboard. It has olive and yellow squares with diamond cutouts, black and dark gray squares, pink and purple chevrons in the upper left, bright and dark green chevrons in the lower right, a red corner at top left and a cyan corner at bottom right. Dark stitched strips line the edges, with small purple "?" tags at the red and cyan corners. The supply is three blue countdown crates, each showing 3, with an olive 40, yellow 40 and green 20 linked chain on top.
- That chain is the only thing you can send at the start. Send it, and the crates count down to 2. Most of its color is still buried, so it comes back nearly full (about olive 30, yellow 40, green 20) and parks across three storage slots for a long stretch. For now you are playing with two-slot storage.
- The crates now show purple 20 and black bobbins. Send purple 20 first onto the purple chevrons in the upper left. The first crate ticks to 1 and pushes up black 30; send it on the dark edge strips and the black checker squares that touch the track, then the black 50 the crate releases when it breaks.
- As the crates count down, they break and release pink 20 linked to cyan 10, more black 50s, red 10 and hot pink 20. Send the cyan 10s on the cyan corner and red 10 on the red corner. The purple tags go away along with the edge strips around those corners.
- Once enough gray and olive squares are open, send the parked olive/yellow/green chain again. Olive and yellow run down to 0 on the squares, and green comes back with about 14. The chain still parks as a three-slot unit until green empties, so plan around two-slot storage.
- Next, send the linked pink 20 + hot pink 20 + dark green trio on the pink chevrons and the dark green edges, and keep black 50s going on the black squares. A bright green 30 + olive 30 link and a dark green 20 come up after it for the lower-right chevrons.
- Yellow 40 linked to purple 20, and red 10 linked to hot pink 30, follow. Send the yellow/purple pair while yellow squares sit on the outer edge. Dark gray 50s clear the gray squares in the middle.
- The tightest point is storage. Black 38, yellow 17, purple 8 and a purple 0 + green pair can fill four or five slots, and the slots flash red. Spend those remainders on their exposed squares before you take anything new from the supply.
- Late in the level, olive 30 and pink 20 come out for the last olive squares and light pink chevrons. Purple, yellow and black remainders of 0–4 keep cycling around the track with one free place while the last few squares go.
- Only hot pink 30 and dark green 20 are left in the supply. Send them on the final hot pink and dark green chevron pixels.
Colors in this level:
Olive, Yellow, Green, Dark green, Black, Dark gray, Purple, Pink, Hot pink, Red, Cyan
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Resending the olive/yellow/green chain before gray and olive squares are open. It loops around without draining.
- Taking new crate bobbins while remainders already fill four storage slots.
- Sending hot pink 30 or dark green 20 early. They are the last two supply bobbins and finish the board.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the blue boxes with numbers in Yarn Loop Level 886?
Countdown crates. Each bobbin you send lowers the number, and when a crate breaks it releases more bobbins, including the cyan 10 and red 10 for the corners.
Why does the first chain come back full?
Very little olive, yellow or green is exposed at the start. The chain parks in storage until black has opened the gray and olive squares, and then it drains olive and yellow to 0.
How do I stop storage from flashing red in Yarn Loop Level 886?
Late in the level, black 38, yellow 17, purple 8 and a purple 0 + green pair can take four or five storage slots, and the slots flash red. Spend those remainders on squares of their color that are already exposed before you take another bobbin from the crates.