Working on a Project out in the World

I'm a part of two yarn groups that meet in coffee shops, and it is really enjoyable (plus it gives my men some alone time which they enjoy). And in these groups you tend to have people coming up to you, commenting on how nifty it is that you are out in the world doing that, asking what you are working on, and being nice. I have found though a bit of a shift in that dynamic if you are out working on a project without a group. If you are alone in a coffee shop, people accept you working on something, but I will say that in airports you do get a strange look or two. I had to kill time before my flight and then at a transfer, so I was working on two different bags. You get a lot of stares, but because of the airport factor people will not engage you about it. Now I'm not saying I like to interact with people, I don't like random people talking to me, but it'd be better then the stares you get. Apparently working with yarn in an airport if you are under the age of 60, makes you feel like a little bit like a zoo creature doing something amusing (I think it was good old Homer who said - ah it thinks it's people). I have found that yarn is the best way to kill time at the airport, even better than a book, but it is weird to have the scruffy guy sitting next to on the plane, just stare at your work (hmmm, I was wearing a low cut top, maybe he was staring at something else entirely).