Comments on: Demanding Mothers and Handmade Yarmulkes

By: Judith Rubin

Judith Rubin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:53:31 +0000

Hi,

I’m crocheting my granddaughter’s yarmulkes. Could I get these directions? I’d like to do them for my younger granddaughter. They are gorgeous.

By: Sheryl Statman

Sheryl Statman — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:38:47 +0000

I am making yarmulkes for my daughter’s bat mitvah and I would like to get sew in labels that say:
Bat Mitzvah of
Danielle B. Statman
June 12, 2009.

Can you make them for me or tell me where to go on line to have them made? Thanks, Sheryl Statman

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:42:22 +0000

Thanks everyone for the compliments. I did forget to mention that we did find a task to keep my mother occupied — I printed up fabric labels with our name and the date of our wedding, and my mother sewed them inside each of the yarmulkes — something she could easily handle, she felt involved, and it kept her out of our hair (but not without controversy… she was supposed to use black or white thread (you know.. since it was a black and white wedding), and of course decided to use grey for “visual contrast”… ha).

By: Globetrotting Bride

Globetrotting Bride — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:25:07 +0000

This is the funniest story and I am having flashbacks. My mom and I had a similar situation with our chuppah. We mutually agreed on the design and then she drove me crazy running all over NYC to find the most perfectly white birch tree poles, just the right shape/size crystals, etc. In the end it was gorgeous but I certainly had a few “What are we doing?” moments. Your yamulkes are gorgeous and now you will have a great keepsake for holidays, etc. My grandma make all the yamulkes for my bat-mitzvah and my husband wore one of her creations for our wedding which was very special.

By: Bridechka

Bridechka — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:41:35 +0000

Wow they came out amazing! You did such a wonderful job. The story sounds awful (and really stressful) but on the bright side it produced such a lovely result!

By: the creatist

the creatist — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:31 +0000

it may sound harsh, but it’s soo true. happens so many times with so many of us..and we end up feeling guilty though no fault of ours. btw, those are looking gorgeous.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:48:45 +0000

I am so blown away by these. Absolutely, completely gorgeous.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:43:17 +0000

Those kippahs are awesome!! I know your mom’s Jewish and mine’s Chinese, but I think they are the same person. LOL. Mine has a zillion ridiculous demands, all articulated as commands.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:46:43 +0000

julie the yarmulkes look seriously unbelievable! i know it was a LOT of work but the result was worth it!

By: blablover5

blablover5 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:51:42 +0000

Ha ha ha, my mother loved to pull the whole “Oh well I already bought this butt ass ugly flower decoration/cake topper/ unity candle for your wedding a few weeks ago. But if you really don’t like it I may be able to return it.”

Luckily she has such a bad memory if I just keep it long enough she completely forgets.