Practicing in public any of the skills, crafts and art forms that make up such a large part of my life can gather a fair amount of attention.
Street artists base their livelihoods on this, though my aim in spinning, weaving, or knitting in public has a lot more to do with giving people a glimpse of those portions of our history. Gently correcting ignorance is needful. Comments and questions such as "Look, honey, she's making string!" "Wool is too scratchy" "How does it jump from the wheel onto the bobbin?" "Isn't it cheaper to buy a sweater at a store?" "I heard sheep are killed for wool" give the wrong idea to both adults and children.
Last time I went to the coin laundry, I had my drop spindle with me. I got several long looks, but only one question. 
The Pottsboro Frontier Day was another story. There were several visitors that were fascinated by the function of my wheel. One of them was a political candidate that used a photo app on his phone to give the impression of a historical photograph.The librarian that was in charge of the booth where I was located was thankful when I told her that I had mostly taught myself out of library books, and inter-library loan books.
University of Google notwithstanding, the resources of our library system are very valuable and needed.
I plan to volunteer as a living interpreter for our local library and local museum programs, and I'll be contributing more on YouTube.
The first weekend of November is a Civil War recreation event in Oklahoma. We hope to make it there.
