Tails: Free Crochet Puzzle Game

Tails is a free crochet puzzle game you can play right here on the blog. Every board has pairs of matching yarn balls, and your job is to join each pair with a strand of yarn until every square is filled. No download, no sign-up, just drag and tuck.

Tails, a free crochet puzzle game, on a phone with floating balls of yarn

I made these games for the moments when you need a break from yarn but don’t want to take a break from yarn. You know the ones. You’re sitting in a doctor’s office, your project is at home, and your hands are itching for something to do. That’s where these come in.

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Play Tails

Want it on your phone? Tails is also free in the Briana K Stitch app, along with a whole shelf of other yarn games.

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How to Play Tails

The game’s tagline sums it up: tuck in every loose end. No crossing, no gaps. Honestly, it’s the only time weaving in ends is this satisfying.

A Tails board at the start of a level, with pairs of yarn balls on a grid of empty squares

Drag from a yarn ball to the other ball of the same colorway to join them. There are two rules. Yarns can’t cross each other, and every single square on the board has to be filled. Joining the pairs is the easy part. Filling every square is where it gets tricky.

At the top of the board you’ll see how many pairs you’ve joined and how much of the board you’ve filled, so you always know how close you are.

Made a Wrong Turn? No Problem

If you run your yarn over another one, you snip that yarn back to the point where they met. Want to shorten a yarn? Just drag back along it. You can also start from any square of a yarn to redo the end.

And if you’re really stuck, you’ve got backup:

Undo takes back your last stroke.
Hint lays one yarn in for you.
The circle arrow at the top clears the board so you can start fresh.

Tails hint in action, with the teal and pink yarns laid in

The Tails How to play panel explaining how to join pairs and fill every square

Every Color Is a Real Yarn

Every colorway in Tails is a real Herrschners Worsted 8 shade. So if a color catches your eye while you’re playing, it’s a real yarn you could actually crochet with.

Neat as a Finished Blanket

Fill the last square and you’ll get a little message telling you how many moves it took and how many hints you used. Then it’s on to the next level.

Your place is saved as you go, so you can set it down when your name gets called and pick it right back up later.

Play More Free Yarn Games

In the Briana K Stitch app, Tails sits alongside a whole shelf of yarn games, from puzzles to word games to quick plays. There’s even a leaderboard if you like a little friendly competition. It shows first names only, and you can switch it off in Settings if you’d rather not be listed.

More free games you can play right here on the blog: Loose Ends, Knot Again, and Yarn Sort.

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Pin Tails for Later

Save it to your crochet board so a round of Tails is right there the next time you need a break.