I couldn't answer my own question about one of the Christmas advertisements FedEx recently ran here in North America. Rather than describe it, I'll let you watch this 15 second ad by clicking here . Nana keeps knitting to fill a box from FedEx because she only has to pay One-Rate. During the video you see she's already made a toaster, a refrigerator, a dog, and a Christmas tree cozy and at the very end, even a cozy for her grandchild. She's a knitting machine! Question is should any knitters be insulted by this advertisement? It does so play to the stereotypical knitting type. Nana is sitting in her chair in a home that hasn't been redecorated in years, surrounded by yarn and photos from the past. Nana's home from the video Her daughter in standing in an active, modern household where her husband is finishing the decorating of the Xmas tree under its own cozy with all the additional cozies in sight, except the child. Daughter's home T...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.