Celebrities share knitting know-how

NEW YORK (AP) -- Knitting has become such a hip hobby among Hollywood stars that it now has its own book, featuring one-of-a-kind designs by Julianna Margulies, Parker Posey and Courtney Thorne-Smith.
"Celebrity Scarves" (SoHo Publishing) by Abra Edelman, a casting director and film producer -- and a knitter for only two years -- offers directions on how to re-create the stars' designs at home.
Edelman also asked the celebrities for advice and personal tales about knitting.
Margulies says she began knitting at age 5, and that she gave her first knitted scarf to her father "who actually wore the thing until it started to unravel, at which point he had it framed and hung on his office wall."
For this book, Margulies created a soft, boa-type scarf in a pale blue.
She reminds novices to keep the tension on the loose side. "Tight stitches are hard to work with and hide the beauty of the yarn."
Several knitters, including Rosie Perez and Daryl Hannah, say they use knitting to help relieve stress.