Who likes jigsaw puzzles? In my dim and distant youth I had an Aunt who was pretty fanatical about them, so I was taught about completing quite complicated puzzles at a very young age and enjoyed them right up into my teens when girls and then family life took over and apart from a brief flirtation with computer jigsaws a few years ago had really lost interest.
At Christmas my daughter and her husband, knowing of my previous puzzle history presented me with a 1000 piece teaser. The shop where they bought it said it was particularly difficult because it is random designs and has no pattern. They also, knowing that space was limited, gave me a sheet that I can spread out on the dining table, but roll up when I have finished without disturbing what I have done.
Apart from an initial 4 hour session sorting out the edge and corner pieces, I have spent a couple of one and a half hour sessions (15 min to clear the table and unroll, 60 min puzzling and 15 min to roll up and reset the table) and so far have found places for about 200 pieces and am keen to continue having re-found my enthusiasm for the genre. Lack of space tends to slow down the process as I have no surface to spread out the pieces, instead relying on moving pieces individually from one box to another when looking for matches. I will definitely go in search of more subjects even though my family think it's boring, any recommendations?
Mike.X