I get the summer issue

So being new to yarn crafts, I didn't really understand why yarn stores get slow business in the summer, and why people don't work as much on UFO's. Trust me, now I do understand. We left our A.C. out this year b/c we need to save money. But it also hit the 90s the other day, and I have to say that the thought of working on my angora wrap while I am melting, didn't seem like a fun time. My three major projects for the summer were to be this wrap and two blankets, one of which is done in pieces, the other a huge beast of a plan (one I am pretty sure I am overreaching on). I think, though, now that there is a new plan for the summer. I do believe that I will be doing a lot of amigurumi where the biggest piece is no larger than the palm of my hand. Either that or I'll figure out how to crochet while sitting in a cold bawth.

Well, it's not art, so what is it?

I had an interesting encounter over the weekend. My aunt is not a crafty or imaginative person, which is totally cool, and she doesn't really understand my enjoyment of crochet. Finished projects have been shown to her before and there was little enthusiasm, which again is fine (it was a striped scarf nothing out of the everyday). This time however, she viewed the shawl I made for my mother for mother's day. It was lace weight, which is a nightmare to work with, and it was 58 individually made and connected flowers. I logged in at least 100 hours making this, and I am really pleased and proud of it. So you think that an aunt that has been a key person in my life would be interested and say all the right things. Even if she doesn't get it she should be able to be happy that I found something that makes me happy. Instead these were the sentence constructions that followed:
"Wow, so you could make doilies then"
"Well, it's not art, so what is it then?....I know crafty, that's it crafty"
"You should make quilts, I like quilts"
There was another sentence, but it was a family comparison which would mean nothing to any readers out there. My parents and my men were all happy I didn't punch her. I never claimed to be making art when I crochet, but to have it just so dismissed in one sentence was unbelievable, especially when it was followed with her wanting me to take up a craft I have no interest in, because it is what she likes.
I know that not everyone cares about yarn, and they shouldn't have to, but please keep in mind that people are proud of what they make, and you can always fake a reaction.
Also I am now with my friend Carrie and will be saying rather vehemently "it's not a hobby, it's a post-apocalyptic life skill"