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Draw one "stitch" (a line crossing a border) between each pair of adjacent regions. Numbers on regions tell you how many stitches that region has.
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About Stitches
Stitches is a logic puzzle about connecting neighboring colored regions with exactly one “stitch” each. A stitch is placed on the shared edge between two cells of different colors. Every pair of neighboring regions must be connected by exactly one stitch — no more, no less.
The constraint is purely about counting: each region-to-region border gets exactly one stitch. If a region borders three other regions, it needs exactly three stitches — one per border. Finding the unique valid stitch position on each shared border is the central challenge.
Stitches is conceptually simple — the rules can be stated in two sentences — but deceptively tricky when regions share long borders with many possible stitch positions. It’s an excellent short puzzle for when you want logic without complexity, and a great warm-up before tackling longer puzzles.
Regions that share only one cell of boundary with a neighbor have a forced stitch — that single shared edge is the only possible position. Identify all such forced stitches first, then use them to eliminate possible stitch positions on the longer shared borders.
Frequently asked questions
What is Stitches?
Stitches is a logic puzzle where the grid is divided into regions. You draw stitches (connections crossing borders) so that each pair of neighboring regions has exactly one stitch between them. Numbers on regions tell you the total stitch count for that region.