When knitting is all that matters
The other group would go "Wow, why do you bring your knitting everywhere you go? Do you really have time to knit in public at all?"
The first group rationalizes that their busy schedules do not allow them in indulge. The second group assumes that we are going overboard with our knitting hobby.
Sometimes it's really hard to explain to these friends and acquaintances that knitting is not just a craft hobby for me, but rather the act of knitting really is part of my lifestyle. Just as eating and drinking; knitting and crochet is a daily activity which I partake and enjoy immensely.
But these ladies understand...
Linda was seaming up her mandarin red project.
All that was left after the seaming was the collar work.

And we just all kept knitting....