Gaav gets free will, he just thinks that everyone serves something so serving one of the Lords by choice is the best that can be done. It's not so much hypocritical as egotistical.
Yes! It's one of my favorite things to do, I'm working now on a dog sleeping on a sofa. I'm beginning to hate floral sofas. One of the ladies in my church taught me this when I was six. My grandmother knits and I like smaller projects than afghans!