Rabbi David in his Muppet kippah, which he made for Purim

…unless they’ve been drinking too, or unless you’re all knitting lace together during the weekly stitch and bitch while killing bottle after bottle after bottle of Blasted Church Merlot.

In that case, by the end of the night (morning?) the person with the number of stitches on their needles closest to the actually number they should have wins.

I recently came across Rabbi David Kominsky’s hilarious yet oddly apt Rules for Knitting Lace. Here are the highlights:

David’s rules for knitting lace:

• Never knit lace after any alcohol. Trust me, when you pick it up again the next day, the stitch count won’t be right.
• Lace knitting is not for meetings; you have to concentrate too much (or at least I do) to be able to fully pay attention to the meeting.
• Don’t knit lace while tired. See above under “alcohol.”
• Put in lifelines frequently (a piece of yarn threaded through the stitches of a row which lets you safely rip back to that point). OK…so far I’m failing this one.
• Be committed to the process not the finished product (be prepared to rip out a lot, and be okay with that).

Read the complete post here.

I’ve added Rabbi David to my blogroll, please check him out; he’s dandy with the needles and his blog is packed with all sorts of interesting stuff (plus, he LOVES cats so what’s not to like?).