Zen Knitting, or What is the Sound of Two Needles Knitting?

I think I've found the definition of Zen Knitting, and it's called Habu. Habu Textiles is a Japanese yarn and handwoven textile store in NYC for hard-core knitting afficionados. The yarn colors are soft and natural, and the yarns are made from linen paper (!), silk, bamboo, wool, and other natural fibers (Naturally dyed kakishibu cotton shown above, in persimmon and charcoal) .

Jane Brocket of yarnstorm has just blogged about her experience starting a Habu kit. Her description of the sound of her knitting needles pretty much encapsulates what the "zen" knitting experience is all about:

When you block out all the white noise of daily life, you really can hear your knitting--the paper yarn makes little soft rustling sounds. But you need to be very quiet to hear it.