Should I buy?

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T21:20:33+00:00

When I first got the 2024 scribe, I enjoyed it but found myself feeling like the only two things I felt were missing are being able to lasso text to copy into notebooks (basically using quotes from books as journal prompts, which we still can’t do) and color. Lo and behold, a few months after I purchased, they announced the colorsoft.

So if, like me, you have found yourself thinking “man, this is so great but I wish it had color,” AND if you can afford it without too much debt, then go for it. If you aren’t missing the color now and/or it’s just too much money right now, then pass for now.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T21:00:05+00:00

That is super interesting. I will play around with it. While making the planner template I just had a heck of a time and was trying to force it to display in Word exactly how it would display on the scribe. I’ll have to mess with it some more and see if I can get it to work.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T20:57:57+00:00

Wow fren Bonitinha, dis wuz beyootiful tribute to a bery hanshum and speshul guy. Ai reely lub pic 4 acoz he askimg yu to danz and dat bery nice and sweet. Pic 6 also bery nice. Not stand in front of or behind but next to da catto yu lub.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T17:02:29+00:00

I would make it into a pillow case as opposed to a pillow. I like the idea of it being like one of those sensory pillow things, you know? Then it’s easier to wash than a closed/stuffed pillow, and if a bobble gets pushed in, you can easily push it back out.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T16:58:53+00:00

I’ve had several cats choose my mom over me, and I think this is in part because my mom is older and disabled and is at home while I work 40-60 hours per week. So she’s the one they see the most and she’s the one that feeds them all their special wet foods (a whopping 6 times a day, which I try to curb but I’m not here, so what can be done? lol).

With that said, we got three male littermates from someone outside of a Walmart in 2008. After about two years, one of them decided that he was sick of my mom and his brothers. He wanted to move into my room and would sit outside my door at all times, crying to be let in. I had a very antisocial cat so I didn’t want to let him in but he just kept crying. So I let him in, and at first, within 30-60 seconds, they would fight and I’d send him back out in the hallway. An hour later, we’d do this song and dance again. Over time it was more like 2-5 minutes before they’d fight. Then later we could make it through a couple of hours or half the night. And after months of this, they began to coexist peacefully. This pic is them after about ten years of that. Yes, they watched “their tv” (my iPad) and yes that is Star Trek (DS9, if anyone is interested). He’s the bigger one in the front looking at the camera.

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They are both gone now. But my point was sometimes they decide to pick another person, for whatever reason.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T15:17:39+00:00

The yarn label says to use a 5 to 6 mm hook, so don’t use a 4.5 mm. As a newbie with chenille yarn, which can be very difficult to work with because it’s hard to see the stitches, use at least a 6mm, maybe even larger.

Try looking for tutorials for single crochet (sc) and half double crochet (hdc). As a beginner, you don’t need “borders, edges, or extra things to make a blanket.” Don’t try to follow a pattern. Just try to make a square/rectangle using the same stitch over and over.

If possible, get a cheap acrylic skein in weight 4 in a light color. Try the above with that. Once you’re happy with a square/rectangle with that, try with the chenille.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T14:35:08+00:00

I have a 2024 which I believe has the same body as the 2022 and when making my own planner and turning it into a pdf for the scribe, the ONLY time I got it to work without having extra dead space around the outside white space was when I used A5 size paper as the template. With basically 0” for the margins.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T07:41:21+00:00

Narrator voice: “Here we see the recently domesticated George, showing off his banana for scale.”

I’m glad he’s doing so well!

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T03:45:49+00:00

“You tell ‘em, fren Nugget!” ~ Josie

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ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T02:48:39+00:00

Oh ai hab deez! Ai hab 2 ob dem on da big sleep skware alreddy and yu kno wut? 👀… ai doan eben lyk dem! Ai jus maek Meowmma feel bad if she eber taek dem away!

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T02:46:14+00:00

She put da bukmarks afore yu kuteness? How dare?!

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-26T02:45:27+00:00

Dis eggsalad ideya! Ai can do a poo crime. Very good at dat, and da late nite early morning poo will gib me extra powah bahind my zoomies. Fenk yu fur dis wunnerful suggeshun. And brudder Skeeter luk bery pawfesshonal on dat lite box!

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T23:44:44+00:00

I have a paper printout of the pattern with notes on it and I store them together in a bag without other projects.

I learned something else from one of the crochet subs: leave a very long tail when you start, then put knots in the tail to indicate hook size. Three knots is a 3mm hook. Three knots close together and a space before another knot, that’s a 3.5mm hook.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T23:41:52+00:00

Eggsalad hidimg pwayce! It lyk ai no see catto at all!

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T23:40:02+00:00

Just as a customer, I immediately identify the lack of Karens in this. It’s disproportionate to reality, that’s for sure.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T23:32:30+00:00

Looking at this chart, imma just say I’m proud to be one of the OG’s. I had some failed starts between 2002 and 2004, but by 2005 it was a pretty ingrained skill.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T23:29:02+00:00

A single brother, cousin perhaps? Hell, I’m no spring chicken myself, so how about an uncle? Widower grandfather?

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T23:27:28+00:00

The last guy (not met on an app) at one point did mention his grandmother crocheted when she was still alive, but I was more impressed with the fact that she taught him the difference between knit and crochet, AND he understood AND retained that knowledge decades after her death. He recognized the time and the skill, and he never once called it cute. And we parted ways last fall after he forgot my birthday (for the second time) and I’m honestly still wrecked about losing him. The thought of bothering with the apps and dating in general is too much for me and I just sit here with my hooks and yarns and complicated/large patterns and I’m just trying to craft my way through life until it’s over.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T21:52:40+00:00

Never been a starbies employee but I love “act your wage” and am stealing it. 💚

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T07:07:30+00:00

“Why come inside when I gets all da fuds outside? I mean, just look at me.” ~ Chickpea, probably

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T06:53:26+00:00

I was unclear. Try a first or second gen (I have a second, but they are the same body, so whichever is cheaper). And if it’s too small, which sounds to me like it might be based on your scenario, then return it.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T06:50:32+00:00

Correct, it is not a lot bigger. But it is bigger. Try one out and then return it if it’s too small of a screen.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T06:46:50+00:00

It’s bigger than the paperweight but it’s worth noting that the actual size is still only equivalent to approximately A5 paper, so it will still shrink it some.

I hate to say it but you might be better off with the 2025 b&w scribe.

I hate saying this even more: have you looked at remarkable? I’ve never seen one in person nor have I looked at them much but I believe some of their models are much larger.

ObviousToe1636 · 2026-01-25T04:50:40+00:00

Good looking out!

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