Skeinfast — Tie Every Peg, Cross No Thread

Tie every peg. Cross no thread.

non-crossing-connection peg-quotas double-threads connectivity 3–8 minutes

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Skeinfast — Tie Every Peg, Cross No Thread cover

Tie threads between brass pegs until each holds exactly its number. Threads never cross, and every peg must join one skein.

Pegs and threads

Brass pegs stand on a dark loom, and each one shows a number: the threads it needs. Tap a peg and its partners light up, the nearest peg in each direction along its row and column. Tap a lit partner to tie a thread between them. Tap it again for a double thread, and once more to loosen the pair.

Skeinfast Crossing Rule at the start, nine pegs waiting for their threads

No crossings

Threads run straight and may never cross one another. A long thread across the loom can cut a whole region off, so every tie is a small decision about what stays reachable. Pegs whose number is met glow green; a peg with too many threads turns red.

Skeinfast Long Loom partly tied, filled pegs glowing green

One skein

Filling every number is not quite enough: all the pegs must also join into a single connected skein. Big numbers in corners force double threads, ones at the edge allow only a single strand, and the crossing rule settles the rest. Each loom has one true tying.

Skeinfast Fast Skein mid-weave, threads branching across the loom

Five looms

Five looms grow from a five-peg warm-up to a thirteen-peg weave. Undo takes back your last tie; Restart clears the loom. When the skein holds, the threads turn green: tap Next. On the last loom, Again returns to the first.

Skeinfast Fast Skein solved, the whole skein glowing green

Controls

Tap a peg, then a peg in line with it, to tie one thread, two, or none again. Tap Undo, Restart or Next as needed. On desktop, click instead of tapping.

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