tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864659332217793192.post3902709882917216604..comments2015-01-21T11:17:25.502-05:00Comments on One More Row...: Knitting for Baby.Małgorzatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10445383213492121392noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864659332217793192.post-59396028816832527942009-06-17T12:32:26.073-04:002009-06-17T12:32:26.073-04:00I agree! It's part of the reason why I mostly...I agree! It's part of the reason why I mostly stopped giving gifts in general. I hated feeling I had to give a gift, whether it was for Christmas or a birthday or whatever. Going to the store and looking at rows and rows of 'things' and trying to find the most suitable or at least likely to be disliked, was depressing. The pressure overwhelming. My liberal, tree-hugging self always blamed it on consumer obsessed society and I was always aware of the possibility of my forced gift adding to the landfill eventually... <br /><br />The best gift is the one that you saw at any random time and thought to yourself, "Oh yes, blank would love this! Must buy (or knit)" without needing any occasion to act as an incentive for the purchase. Doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it is magical, both for giver and receiver.Monika Nowaczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413455368950915096noreply@blogger.com