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SOUNDBITE (English)...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEdinburgh, Scotland, 22nd December 2008  \u003cbr/\u003e1.Wide of Stitch and Bitch' knitting group in book store 'Boarders'  \u003cbr/\u003e2.Various of group members  \u003cbr/\u003e3.Close of member knitting   \u003cbr/\u003e4.Mid of knitter  \u003cbr/\u003e5.Close of member knitting \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Maggie Greenwood, 'Boarders' Book store manager and Knitter:  \u003cbr/\u003e\" Well we range in age from 20's up into the 60's. A range of professional people, we have students come in, some retired ladies and a whole range of experiences. We've got people like myself who are pretty much complete novices, to people who can knit a jumper in approximately three hours it seems like sometimes, but we have a fantastic range of people coming and joining in.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of knitters  \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, Carron Forbes, Stitch and Bitch group member: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I attend the group because it's a little bit of me time and I get to meet some good friends, good chat and coffee and cake, what more could you ask for?.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, Vicky (Last name not available) Stitch and Bitch group member: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well my neighbour dragged me along here one night and I have been addicted ever since.\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, Katherine Joyce Stitch and Bitch group member: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I have never knitted a sock and there is somebody, there is always someone here who has done something so you can get advice from someone else.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, Anne Guffry, Stitch and Bitch group member: \u003cbr/\u003e\" I am knitting a jumper and I attend the group because its friendly and get help with any bits you're stuck on.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e12. Close of wool  \u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of knitting group  \u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of knitting  \u003cbr/\u003e15. Set up of Katy Beven, The Crafts Council Participation and Learning Manager  \u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of Katy knitting  \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Katy Beven, The Crafts Council Participation and Learning Manager: \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's fantastic isn't it that more people are knitting?. There are people actively knitting in public which seems to be quite a controversial act for something that's just a domestic art traditionally.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of Katy knitting  \u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Katy Beven, The Crafts Council Participation and Learning Manager: \u003cbr/\u003e\"There's something about doing actual physical learning with your hands that connects parts of your brain that other ways of learning just don't do.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eLondon, United Kingdom, December 20th 2008  \u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of contemporary artist Dirk Robertson in his studio  \u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of bag knitted out of recycled shopping bags  \u003cbr/\u003e22. Close of label \"100% RECYCLED HANMADE IN UK\"  \u003cbr/\u003e23. Close of large knitting needles  \u003cbr/\u003e24. Close of Dirk Robertson  \u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE (English) Dirk Robertson, Contemporary knitter:  \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think its excellent.I think it really is verging on more and more people becoming interested for all variety of reasons and it absoultely isn't just for women. I think it depends on who you are you can get caught up in to me is a bit of nonsense. Gender issues you know, men do this women do that, I mean times have changed - we've moved away from that.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e26. Close of Dirk knitting  \u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE (English) Dirk Robertson, Contemporary knitter:  \u003cbr/\u003e\" I am knitting with old discarded plastic shopping bags people no longer need, want or leave lying in the street or any people keep them, they have holes in them, the handles are broken they are not using them again. So people who know what I do keep them for me. I just like the idea of giving something a new life.\" \u003cbr/\u003e28.Various of shopping bags  \u003cbr/\u003e29.Close of Dirk cutting up old plastic bags  \u003cbr/\u003e30.Close up of Dirk knitting  \u003cbr/\u003e31. Close of 'Kensington purse bag' \u003cbr/\u003eAs the recession bites, knitting has become fashionable again in the UK.  \u003cbr/\u003eFrom groups of women who want to learn a new skill to artists turning old bags into new it seems knitting is back in vogue.\u003cbr/\u003eThe once age old stigma of knitting has definitely gone. \u003cbr/\u003eThousands of knitters meet in cafes, pubs, cinemas and bookshops across the United Kingdom each week to socialise and share knitting advice.  \u003cbr/\u003eAll age groups and genders are now enjoying this pastime which tended to be dismissed as a hobby for elderly women.\u003cbr/\u003eThe origins of knitting aren't known, but it is thought by some historians to have originated in Egypt.  \u003cbr/\u003eIt was the American \"Stitch 'n' Bitch\" movement, launched in 2001 by a magazine editor that really changed the image of knitting from old fashioned to fun. \u003cbr/\u003eThis growth in popularity can be seen in the volume of knitting internet groups which have sprung up in recent years.\u003cbr/\u003eSew Mama Sew, Yarn Harlot, Knit on the Net and Whipup and just a few of the many which have appeared. \u003cbr/\u003eThere are now five Stitch 'n' Bitch books along with a cruise called \"Stitch and Beach\" which have helped create a growing global knitting community.\u003cbr/\u003eMaggie Greenwood set up a Stitch 'n' Bitch group at a bookstore she manages in Edinburgh.  Greenwood says you don't have to have any knitting experience to join in.  \u003cbr/\u003eShe says the group attracts everyone, young and old, the experienced and those who have never knitted in their lives.  \u003cbr/\u003eCarron Forbes, Stitch 'n' Bitch group member, says she attends the group for its social value. She says she can catch up with good friends and enjoy a free coffee and cake, while Katherine Joyce joined the group for advice on how to knit socks.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe Edinburgh group meets once a week and showcases their knitting creations once a month.  \u003cbr/\u003eKaty Beven is the Crafts Council Participation and Learning Manager.  The Council is a national development agency for contemporary crafts in the UK.  \u003cbr/\u003eBeven is delighted to see more people actively knitting in public. 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