KNITTING IS OFFICIALLY HIP. From grade school students to twenty-somethings and sixty-somethings, including celebrities like Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cameron Diaz, Kelly Ripa, Kristen Davis, Isaac Mizrahi, Dakota Fanning and David Arquette, knitting has become the drug of choice among the masses and Hollywood's elite alike.

Plugged on Oprah, Isaac Mizrahi Show, Good Day Live and Sex and the City, knitting offers a soothing, personal touch in a stressful, overly informed, impersonal world. A true testament to the increasing, widespread popularity of the craft is the slang and buzzwords that are springing up around it, like "K.I.P." To K.I.P. is to Knit In Public, and more and more people become K.I.P's (Knitters In Public) each day. The popularity of knitting is partly being driven by the fact that you can do it anywhere. It's easy to learn, and is comprised of only two stitches: knit and purl. Any pattern is ultimately just a combination of those two stitches, making it both an appealing, relaxing, challenging and fulfilling craft.

On 3/19 and 3/20 alone, The New York Times published two in depth articles on knitting, knitting camps and knitting cruises. At least 75 articles on knitting have been printed in the New York Times since 9/11. Even the Barnes and Noble Book chain has had knitting book signings and knitting groups to teach knitting. Currently there is a reported 57% increase in knitters under the age of 35. Knitting Clubs, classes and trendy knitting books of patterns are popping up consistently especially with the resurgence of ponchos and scarves.

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