Stitch 'n Bitch is a phrase that has been use to refer to social knitting groups since at least World War II.Sew Fast/Sew Easy, a New York-based company started an internet guestbook Stitch & Bitch Café in 1998, and was granted use of the term as a service mark in 2002. Published in 2003 was the first in a series of best-selling instructional books on knitting and crochet all titled with the phrase Stitch 'n Bitch. Since 2005, the term has been the focus of a trademark dispute between the New York company and the book author Debbie Stoller.