When Giving Knitted Gifts to Non-knitters...

Canadian knitting celebrity Stephanie Pearl-McPhee said in one of her interviews that when she gives someone a knitted gift she often includes a card saying approximately how many stitches the gift contains. That way people will have a better idea of how much work went into the sock/hat/scarf/et cetera and will appreciate it more. I might borrow that idea. Of course, this need not be done when one is giving a gift to a fellow crafter.