Knitting in Huckabees

I (heart) Huckabees has been on cable a lot recently. I understand it's one of those love it/hate it movies. I fall into the love it camp. I see the movie as a bunch of big babies trying to figure their lives out. I relate to that completely. Big + Baby + Life = ?

I've seen the movie at least twice and still find it every bit as hilarious as the first viewing. Adding to my delight, I notice new funnies every time! My last viewing caught the Lily Tomlin character knitting. How could I have missed that before? Anyway, this throws a couple of movie critics into frenzies. What does it all mean?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35444-2005Feb18.html
http://www.nationalreview.com/mathewes-green/mathewesgreen200410120840.asp

Clearly they're not knitters.