Jigsaw Etiquette

I don't think she meant to be rude, but I would be extremely annoyed! My husband and I often do separate puzzles to save arguments about someone taking over.

I always have a jigsaw on the go. It doesnt bother me if folk want to put some pieces in.

My local library always has a jigsaw on the go - very popular too!

I regularly visit some friends and you are encouraged to try and put a few pieces in their current jigsaw whilst you are there.

friendlygingercat

Not a jig saw but an example of rudeness. I used to have a glass topped dining table. One day a neighbour came in to ask about something. He had a friend with him just some random bloke. The friend stood there leaning on my glass topped table leaving sticky marks on the polished surface. I passed him a duster and made him clean it up. You should have seen is face. Later the neighbour told me he (the companion) said I was a real madam.

You don't walk uninvited into someone house and lean on the furniture!

I don't understand why he was sticky..
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I have always been of the belief that it the jigsaw was on the table it is fair game for anyone who is in that room.

Just now Mr C would be delighted if anyone contributed to or even finished his current puzzle. He’s in a right muddle with trees and sky! I don't work on puzzles so I asked him how he’d react. His response was he’d be pleased a visitor had found something to occupy them and as long as they didn't put the last piece in the puzzle would be relaxed about it. We’re all different for sure.

I am not really a jigsaw saw fan , but recently I was given a 1000 piece one. I set about it and really enjoyed it. My very close friend came to stay with us for a few days. She and I worked on it together I enjoyed her company and it
Certainly did not bother me in the least.

Everyone is more than welcome to have a go at my jigsaws, just don't ever put in the last piece, that's my job!

I don't do jigsaws but I know it would infuriate me because someone once had the audacity to finish off my crossword when I left it out ! I smiled and said thank you but inside I was definitely not happy 🤣

We went on a 5 day train journey and I started doing a jigsaw. I was a little peeved when people came and joined me because I like to do these things alone. However, over the 5 days, we became very friendly and are still in touch. It turned out to be lovely experience although I did have moments with one person but I bit my tongue. I guess life is too short to get annoyed about these things and you can always undo the bits she did.

Very rude, ignorant and intrusive.
Lacks boundaries.

Good friends would not touch anything in my home without asking me first.

Plus it was for your enjoyment not hers.

I would tell her that you are annoyed.

PS I would be tempted to play someones’s piano if they had one, although I don’t play very well and need my own simplified music! But I think it wd be courteous to ask first if the owner minded.

Sarnia, yes I would start with the straight edges if it was a traditional jigsaw. But I’ve got into doing Wentworth puzzles that often don’t have the normal obvious straight edges so will start with a part that has a definite colour/pattern and build from there. Wentworth puzzles are ridiculously expensive but just lovely and rewarding to do. I usually ask for one for a birthday or look for second hand ones.

Personally it wouldn’t bother me at all if a visitor put some pieces into my started jigsaw. I would be pleased someone else was taking an interest in it and my choice of puzzle and it’s always a good talking point. But it is personal and fair enough if you felt annoyed. Knitting, however, is a completely different matter - a definite no, no. Someone else’s tension would not be the same as the knitter and they may be on a decrease/increase or pattern row.

How do we GN's do our jigsaw puzzles? After all the corners and straight edges I usually do what I think may be the most boring, so usually sky.

I think it’s peoples instinct to see a puzzle and want to put a piece in.

I'd be pleased tbh

A jig-saw, carnt leave one without having a go. When the children were small we always had a jigsaw on the go, people just wandered in and did a bit. I think its nice that she felt so easy at your house that she had a go.

Rude!

I know of several libraries which have tables where people can sit and add to a jigsaw. Maybe your aquaintance is used to that and never thought it was just for you to do?

Not a jig saw but an example of rudeness. I used to have a glass topped dining table. One day a neighbour came in to ask about something. He had a friend with him just some random bloke. The friend stood there leaning on my glass topped table leaving sticky marks on the polished surface. I passed him a duster and made him clean it up. You should have seen is face. Later the neighbour told me he (the companion) said I was a real madam.

You don't walk uninvited into someone house and lean on the furniture!

It would definitely annoy me only my 9 year old GDis allowed to touch my jigsaws or Lego Technical.

You say acquaintance, yes, that would annoy me too. Close friend or relative, probably not so. I would be pleased they felt at home. If you also have another gripe with said acquaintance, I would probably add that that is colouring your general view of her. We're human.

I would not be too upset. Every Christmas I buy a 1000 piece puzzle and my daughter in law and I get very competitive, hoarding all the pieces with a specific colour for example and it is a big race to see who will,get the last piece. The rest of the year there in nil friction between us, love her to bits!

It's a bit rude imho.