I will be interested to hear any feedback on these attempts. My suspicion is that a lady sitting on a park bench tatting, crocheting, knitting or doing needle lace, which is held in the hand is tolerated, but a lady setting up a table will not be. The table is sort of a "structure". I imagine is an informal point system also, with consideration for the amount of gray hair you have, how unthreatening you are, whether you look like you are selling something, how much you impede foot traffic, whether you know the cop, librarian, etc. However my husband disputes my "structure" theory, claiming that people take easels into parks to paint all the time. He thinks the library is the harder venue. I am inclined to think the park the more dicey one. Both places probably have a lot of arcane rules intended to keep vagrants out that might have to be invoked against lacemakers in order to maintain the illusion of impartiality. On cruise ships and hotels, you are actually paying for the "public" spaces you are occupying. Is there a distinction? Devon
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