Grrrr.
At "Back to School" day Thursday my son's teacher said (in front of about half of the third grade parents) something like "And we're sure [Woolygrrl] is going to _dress up_ and demonstrate all her quaint spinning and knitting skills this year at our Prairie Days re-enactment."
This of course focused every eye on the room on me, as I was sitting placidly in the back knitting whilst listening to the dog and pony show that was the "welcome back to school" spiel put on by the two 3rd grade teachers.
I got to explain (briefly, but I did wedge it in despite the teachers' best efforts to Move It Right Along) that no, I don't "dress up" to do demonstrations unless one considers that I put on clothes every morning like everybody else because neither knitting nor spinning are dead arts nor likely to become dead arts, and we have quite modern equipment these days although I personally don't own any modern-style spinning wheels at present so my "costume" for demonstrations is whatever I happen to put on to wear any given day.
I did so want to get this year off to a good start. Instead I had to make the teacher look like a fool in front of about 30 people, all of whom undoubtedly shared her preconceived notion of the quaintness of handwork generally and spinning specifically.
*sigh*+++++++++++++
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