After talking with Bryan Leister, I thought more about researching the social aspect of knitting. With websites like Ravelry (kind of like the Facebook of the knitting world) and Etsy, as well as knitting circles at yarn shops and organized groups such as Stitch n' Bitch, knitting and other fiber crafts are a huge part of people's lives, and being able to share that with other people is important. For centuries knitting has been an important part of society, as a means to keep warm, then a skill to be possessed by a "proper" lady, then as a hobby, and now as a hobby/art form/reason to socialize/stress therapy.
Some possible forms that this research could take would be a way for knitters to identify with each other, a quick way of trading information (such as email addresses or Ravelry usernames) so that knitters can keep in contact with each other easily. Even though I am always eager to strike up a conversation with someone who is knitting or is wearing something I suspect to be hand-knitted, not everybody else is, so having a way to easily identify with other knitters could be a good icebreaker for the more shy knitters in the world.
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