kitty: you know, knitting hits main stream when...

one of the commercials during a J-Pop Awards Show is......
...the hair growth results vary with individuals (loosely translated) http://www.reve21.co.jp
(Images captured from the commercial that aired during, The Best Artist 2006 show, Nov 29, 2006 in Japan.)
Yes, that's right, the Prince of Knitting is doing a Hair Loss commercial that is getting pretty expensive air time. The Best Artist 2006 is a show about best musical artist during 2006 voted on by 16million fans. Here are a few links to read more about the Prince of knitting:
Knitting Universe has also recently posted a interview about Mitsuharu Hirose. Pinku once in a life time experience of meeting him in person - swoon CNN.com - Knitting Prince strings along thousands of women NAC-Web.org - (Japanese site, but we can all enjoy the photos of his work.) and the museum Interview with Mammo TV And yes I am obsessed with him