Recently brought my knitting to my high school best friend's wedding. I asked a few people to come with me, but everyone was busy. I have terrible anxiety and ADHD, so I was very worried about going alone when I knew it would mostly be her and her husband's family and college friends that I didn't know. I also am three years sober, so I knew that the cocktail hour with open bar would be challenging for me.

I decided to bring my knitting because, in my eyes, if people can be on their phone without it being rude, I should be able to knit as well. I kept my knitting in my bag until the cocktail hour started and then I whipped it out. I can knit without looking so I was still participating in conversations at the table and would put my project down from time to time to be more involved. The bride saw me knitring and commented that she loved it. We've obviously been friends for a long time and she knows that I'm a borderline obsessive knitter. No one else seemed to have any issue with it but I (unsurprisingly) got some weird looks.

Just curious to see what other people think of this. In my opinion, as long as the bride isn't bothered, it's not a problem. But I was wondering if maybe other people thought it was rude. What are your opinions on knitting at a wedding?