I'm not very craftsy, but I have a thing about crocheting dishcloths. It's a basket-weave design and I have mentioned in the past how it helps me to keep sane.
I have been suicidal lately and thought, why not send these dishcloths out to my friends and they will always have a little piece of me to be remembered by. Of course, I've changed my mind about killing myself, at least this week, so I am just sending these out as my token of love to people. There are many, many more people I would like to send them to (lyin, Xena, Bikerchic, Ballistic, Sabine and Mak, Elsewhere, Simon and Ang, Minimus to name a drop in the bucket).
Now here's where I need your opinion. I was watching tv and this Staples commercial came on. This women knits these really ugly presents for friends and family in green. The commercial flashes pictures of very unhappy people receiving these hand-made monstrocities. But, this year, she shops at Staples and gives them gifts like cameras and laptops. The flashing pictures now show people gushing with love and tears of joy.
Should I stop with the dishcloths already? Are people being polite when they write and tell me how nice these little squares of two hours of my time are? If you were to receive a hand-crocheted dishcloth in the mail, would it make you happy or would you be disappointed?
I simply can't buy people laptops. Do you think it's best that I just not send anything at all?
Thank you if you respond to this.