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|title = Arts and Witchcrafts |
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|author = Rachel Petterson |
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|answer = SKEINS |
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|solves = 7 |
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|guesses = 315 |
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|link = https://puzzles.mit.edu/2020/puzzle/arts_witchcrafts/ |
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'''Arts and |
'''Arts and Witchcrafts''' is a crocheting puzzle from the {{l|Wizard's Hollow}} round of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2020|2020 MIT Mystery Hunt]]. |
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==Solve Path== |
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==Puzzle Elements== |
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[[Flavortext]] - ''Whenever I think about joining stitches, it always seems to go in one ear and out the other…'' |
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{{spoiler|label=Spoiler-y Elements}} |
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[[A Stitch In Time]] - The puzzle is presented as a set of crochet instructions. It will eventually form into a cylinder, mostly consisting of double crochets with a number of clusters of other stitches in between. |
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[[Hint in Flavortext]] - ''Whenever I think about '''[[Connect-the-Dots|joining stitches]]''', it always seems to go '''in one ear and out the other'''…'' |
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[[Connect-the-Dots]] - Categorizing the clusters of other stitches by type and number, each type of stitch turns out to have one cluster each of sizes 1 to N for some integer N. Connecting these clusters in sequence through the inside of the hat... |
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[[Indexing]] - ...reveals a number, which can be used to index into the name of the corresponding stitch. |
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[[Reordering]] - The clusters of size 1 are all at the base of the hat and equidistant from each other. Ordering using these clusters, starting at the single crochet, reveals the answer. |
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Latest revision as of 04:47, 13 September 2022
| Arts and Witchcrafts | |
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| MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
| Wizard's Hollow | |
| Author(s) | Rachel Petterson |
| Answer | Click to revealSKEINS |
| Statistics | |
| No. solves | 7 |
| No. total guesses | 315 |
| Links | |
| Puzzle | Link |
| Solution | Link |
Arts and Witchcrafts is a crocheting puzzle from the Wizard's Hollow round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt.
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
Flavortext - Whenever I think about joining stitches, it always seems to go in one ear and out the other…
A Stitch In Time - The puzzle is presented as a set of crochet instructions. It will eventually form into a cylinder, mostly consisting of double crochets with a number of clusters of other stitches in between.
Hint in Flavortext - Whenever I think about joining stitches, it always seems to go in one ear and out the other…
Connect-the-Dots - Categorizing the clusters of other stitches by type and number, each type of stitch turns out to have one cluster each of sizes 1 to N for some integer N. Connecting these clusters in sequence through the inside of the hat...
Indexing - ...reveals a number, which can be used to index into the name of the corresponding stitch.
Reordering - The clusters of size 1 are all at the base of the hat and equidistant from each other. Ordering using these clusters, starting at the single crochet, reveals the answer.
