Yarn Loop level guide
Yarn Loop Level 946 Walkthrough
Party hat of cyan, sky blue and red patches under an orange and yellow pom-pom, with a yellow brim and pink confetti dots: clear it while six lime panels count down and open on blue and pink stars, and keep storage clear of bobbins that have nothing to pull.
Verified Board Notes
- Initial Layout Geometry
- A party hat stands in the middle of the board: cyan with sky blue and red patches, an orange and yellow pom-pom on top, a yellow brim and a black outline. Pink confetti dots surround it, and six lime panels marked 250, 250, 150, 150, 50 and 50 cover blue and pink stars on both sides. Four supply columns show blue 10, red 20, cyan 20 and sky blue 10 on top; red 20 is linked to the black 20 under column one and cyan 20 to the yellow 20 under column four, with a crate marked 3 under columns two and three. Storage has five empty slots and the track is empty.
- Goal / Target Area
- Clear the cyan, sky blue and red hat, the orange and yellow pom-pom, the yellow brim, the black outline and the pink confetti dots, then the blue and pink stars that appear when the lime panels open.
- Opening Moves
- Column one's blue 10 and column four's sky blue 10, then the black 20 and red 20 pair from columns one and two. Both 10s come back unchanged and park, and red returns at 20 with black at 0. The cyan 20 and yellow 20 pair follows; yellow empties and cyan returns at 20.
- Danger Zone
- Storage fills all five slots several times while the track still has free places. The first comes as the lower panels open: the parked blue 10, sky blue 10 and orange 10 sit beside a returning linked pair. Re-send the returned pair first; never take new supply into full storage.
- Unique Mechanics
- Six lime panels drop by one for every stitch cleared and open at 0 on blue and pink stars. Crates marked 3 in columns two and three pass up the next bobbin each time the bobbin in front of them is sent. Linked pairs include black 20 and red 20, cyan 20 and yellow 20, black 20 and blue 20, cyan 20 and red 10, black 20 and red 10, black 20 and cyan 10, cyan 10 and blue 10, blue 10 and cyan 20, and yellow 10 and black 10, plus a black, orange and pink linked chain of three.
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 946
- Column one's blue 10 has nothing to pull until the lime panels open, because the blue stitches are in the stars hidden under them. If it goes out early it parks at 10; leave it there until the lower panels open.
- The lime panels marked 250, 150 and 50 drop together by one for every stitch you clear anywhere on the board. Clearing the large cyan, yellow and black areas opens them fastest.
- Column three's orange 10 is linked to column two's black 20 and column four's pink 10, a linked chain of three that returns many times with orange stuck at 2. Keep re-sending it whenever three places are free; orange clears only once the pom-pom's last orange stitches reach the edge.
How to Solve Yarn Loop Level 946 — Full Solution
- Send column one's blue 10 and column four's sky blue 10, then column one's black 20 with the red 20 linked to it in column two. Both 10s come back unchanged and park; black empties on the outline, while red returns at 20 because the red patches are still covered.
- Send column three's cyan 20 with the yellow 20 linked to it in column four. Yellow empties on the brim and the pom-pom while cyan comes back at 20. Re-send the cyan and yellow pair and the red and black pair each time they return.
- Send column four's orange 10 for the pom-pom. It comes back at 10 and parks; leave it, since the orange is mostly covered by yellow. The lime panels now count down as stitches clear, and the two lower panels open first, showing blue and pink stars.
- With both lower panels open, storage fills all five slots: the three parked 10s plus a returning linked pair (see Danger Zone). Two or three places are still free on the track. Re-send the returned pair first, then send the parked blue 10 onto the blue stars.
- Send the pink 20s and blue 10s that column three's crate hands out, and the blue 20 from column two's crate, onto the pink and blue stars. Keep re-sending the two linked pairs between them; red and cyan start to shrink as the hat's middle opens.
- Column four's blue 20 is linked to column three's black 20; send that pair when two places are free. A blue 14 from column two parks for a while; re-send it once more blue stars open, after the middle panels reach 0.
- Column two's crate then gives a black 10 and a yellow 20, and under it sits a cyan 20 linked to a red 10. Send them for the outline, the brim and the cyan and red patches; the cyan and red pair returns several times with smaller counts.
- Re-send the parked sky blue 10; it comes back a little smaller and parks again. Re-send the parked orange 10 once orange pom-pom stitches reach the edge; the top panels open next. Then send the sky blue 10s from columns one and three; both come back full and hold two slots for a long stretch, so keep the other three slots for the linked pairs.
- Column three's orange 10 is linked to a black 20 and a pink 10, a linked chain of three. Send it with three free places. It keeps coming back with orange stuck at 2 and the other two empty; re-send it each time and keep the other slots for short returns.
- A sky blue leftover parks beside the chain; re-send it when sky blue pixels reach the edge. Send the remaining pinks for the last pink dots and stars, and the black 20 linked to a cyan 10.
- Send the cyan 10 linked to a blue 10, then the black 20 and red 10 pair, for the remaining blue and the last red and black pixels inside the hat.
- Send the blue 10 and the cyan 20 linked to it, re-sending the cyan leftover until it empties. Supply ends with a yellow 10 linked to a black 10 and one more blue 10: send the yellow and black pair, then that blue 10 last. The pair takes the final outline stitches and the last yellow stitch on the pom-pom.
Colors in this level:
Cyan, Sky blue, Blue, Red, Black, Yellow, Orange, Pink
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Taking new supply while all five storage slots are full; re-send the linked pair that just returned first.
- Expecting the red 20 linked to black 20 to shrink early; red keeps returning at 20 until cyan and yellow are cleared from over the red patches.
- Sending the black, orange and pink chain with fewer than three free places; it needs three, and it returns many times with orange stuck at 2.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the lime panels with numbers in Yarn Loop Level 946?
They are covers marked 250, 150 and 50. All six drop by one for every stitch you clear anywhere, and each opens at 0 to show blue and pink stars. The lower pair opens first and the top pair last.
What do the crates marked 3 hold in Level 946?
Each passes up a new bobbin whenever the bobbin in front of it is sent. Column two's gives a blue 20, a black 10 and a yellow 20; column three's gives a pink 20, a blue 10 and another pink 20.
Why does column one's blue 10 stay at 10 in Level 946?
The blue stitches are inside the stars hidden under the lime panels, so blue has nothing to pull at first. Leave it in storage and send it once the two lower panels open.