MamaB
@bethlpm.bsky.social
Retired MSW from MN. Wife, mom, and Grandma. Avid knitter and reader. I love the MN lakes!
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Throwback Thursday for me. Started Quant headband from Knitty (not sure what year, but designer is Star Athena). I am using Mochi Plus by Crystal Palace from my stash. I haven't made this in years! I am thinking the pattern is from 2007 or 08??
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Throwback Thursday for me. Started Quant headband from Knitty (not sure what year, but designer is Star Athena). I am using Mochi Plus by Crystal Palace from my stash. I haven't made this in years! I am thinking the pattern is from 2007 or 08??
I finished a couple WIPs that have been sitting since last winter. Nalu fingerless mittens in yellow. Rino mittens in blue. Worsted weight wool yarns from my stash. Before blocking. #knitsky
October 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I finished a couple WIPs that have been sitting since last winter. Nalu fingerless mittens in yellow. Rino mittens in blue. Worsted weight wool yarns from my stash. Before blocking. #knitsky
It's done. Completed my Selbu Revisited sweater in Alpaca yarn from Rich-Nes Farms here in Minnesota. It's washed & on the blocking mat. I tapered the sleeves & added some pattern & contrast color ribbing to the collar & cuffs. It fits well, with colorwork starting just below the bust. ##KnitSky
October 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's done. Completed my Selbu Revisited sweater in Alpaca yarn from Rich-Nes Farms here in Minnesota. It's washed & on the blocking mat. I tapered the sleeves & added some pattern & contrast color ribbing to the collar & cuffs. It fits well, with colorwork starting just below the bust. ##KnitSky
WIP Wednesday update on Selbu Revisited sweater! Over halfway on the raglan decreases, then short rows and the collar. Made in Alpaca from Rich-nes farms here in Minnesota. I adapted the sleeves to be more tapered with a bit of pattern and contrast cuff. Should be a FO soon!
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
WIP Wednesday update on Selbu Revisited sweater! Over halfway on the raglan decreases, then short rows and the collar. Made in Alpaca from Rich-nes farms here in Minnesota. I adapted the sleeves to be more tapered with a bit of pattern and contrast cuff. Should be a FO soon!
WIP Wednesday! This is my progress on Selbu Revisted sweater. Knitting with alpaca yarn from Rich-Nes Alpaca Farm here in Minnesota. In colors black (actually a rich dark chocolate brown) and white (creamy colored). #KnitSky 🧶
October 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
WIP Wednesday! This is my progress on Selbu Revisted sweater. Knitting with alpaca yarn from Rich-Nes Alpaca Farm here in Minnesota. In colors black (actually a rich dark chocolate brown) and white (creamy colored). #KnitSky 🧶
How about a finished work for WIP Wednesday? Completed the Mist Sketch Sweater by Handmade by Florence with some adaptation. I added colorwork above the bottom band, & made the collar shorter. Also changed up the sleeves some. Yarn is alpaca from Rich-Nes Farms here in Minnesota in Fawn & Grey.
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
How about a finished work for WIP Wednesday? Completed the Mist Sketch Sweater by Handmade by Florence with some adaptation. I added colorwork above the bottom band, & made the collar shorter. Also changed up the sleeves some. Yarn is alpaca from Rich-Nes Farms here in Minnesota in Fawn & Grey.
Listening to Trump speaking to our military leaders...can anyone make sense of his rambling, self praising schlep??? His favorite old movie, auto pens, Gulf of America, all the wars he stopped...what is the point??
September 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Listening to Trump speaking to our military leaders...can anyone make sense of his rambling, self praising schlep??? His favorite old movie, auto pens, Gulf of America, all the wars he stopped...what is the point??
I knew her hat struck a memory nerve for me!!
September 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I knew her hat struck a memory nerve for me!!
WIP...Thursday?! OK, I am a day late. I cast on my first sweater of the season. I only knit 2 tanks all summer. Pattern is Handmade by Florence. Yarn is Alpaca from my stash that was sourced from Rich-Nes Alpacas at Morgan, Minnesota. Colors are Fawn and Grey.
September 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
WIP...Thursday?! OK, I am a day late. I cast on my first sweater of the season. I only knit 2 tanks all summer. Pattern is Handmade by Florence. Yarn is Alpaca from my stash that was sourced from Rich-Nes Alpacas at Morgan, Minnesota. Colors are Fawn and Grey.
Good grief. RFK Jr. is wheezing into the microphone like crazy as he spouts craziness.
September 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Good grief. RFK Jr. is wheezing into the microphone like crazy as he spouts craziness.
I made hats for the grandsons last winter. Our school mascot is the Bulldog, colors are red and black. The other hat has frogs for younger brother because he likes them!! They are not babies anymore! #KnitSky
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I made hats for the grandsons last winter. Our school mascot is the Bulldog, colors are red and black. The other hat has frogs for younger brother because he likes them!! They are not babies anymore! #KnitSky
Can someone help me understand why, if the governor of each state is the commander in chief of their National Guard, how the president is able to order their deployment. Could they not say "Thanks, but you're not our boss"??? And what is this costing in taxpayer dollars??
August 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Can someone help me understand why, if the governor of each state is the commander in chief of their National Guard, how the president is able to order their deployment. Could they not say "Thanks, but you're not our boss"??? And what is this costing in taxpayer dollars??
Summer winding down in Minnesota. In the hammock while reading about the world going down the crapper.
August 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Summer winding down in Minnesota. In the hammock while reading about the world going down the crapper.
I am just loving how many knitters that are new to me are posting!! Yay!! So many projects to see, and they inspire me. I have been in a "meh" knitting mood all summer. I need to get focused and start something for fall. Thanks #KnitSky
August 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am just loving how many knitters that are new to me are posting!! Yay!! So many projects to see, and they inspire me. I have been in a "meh" knitting mood all summer. I need to get focused and start something for fall. Thanks #KnitSky
Oh, good grief. Dumpty is again claiming wind turbines decimate birds. And, he says he has stopped at least 1 war every month he's been in office. Oh, and everything was big, bad Biden's fault. Blah blah blah.
July 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Oh, good grief. Dumpty is again claiming wind turbines decimate birds. And, he says he has stopped at least 1 war every month he's been in office. Oh, and everything was big, bad Biden's fault. Blah blah blah.
I Don't Understand Women Who Support Donald Trump
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I Don't Understand Women Who Support Donald Trump
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July 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I Don't Understand Women Who Support Donald Trump
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Well, nationwide, over 60% of elders in nursing facilities have their care paid by Medicaid. Now what, geniuses??
July 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Well, nationwide, over 60% of elders in nursing facilities have their care paid by Medicaid. Now what, geniuses??
Really America?? This is the best we can do? I am so heartbroken this is our country now. 💔
July 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Really America?? This is the best we can do? I am so heartbroken this is our country now. 💔
Evidently, everything Elon Musk touches explodes in some manner.
June 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Evidently, everything Elon Musk touches explodes in some manner.
None of this makes any sense!
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
None of this makes any sense!
NO KINGS. NO MASKED ICE RAIDERS. I miss having decent people in our government.
June 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NO KINGS. NO MASKED ICE RAIDERS. I miss having decent people in our government.
I would like to mention that hubster and I just returned from a 3600 mile drive from the Midwest to New England and back. We saw many many wind power generators. And no piles of dead birds under them. Not one. TACO is so stupid.
June 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I would like to mention that hubster and I just returned from a 3600 mile drive from the Midwest to New England and back. We saw many many wind power generators. And no piles of dead birds under them. Not one. TACO is so stupid.
Where in this country is gas under $2/gallon?? It's so amazing how Trump moves his lips, and BS flies out of his A$$.
June 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Where in this country is gas under $2/gallon?? It's so amazing how Trump moves his lips, and BS flies out of his A$$.