From a dream to a dream come true, a Brooklyn man who knits found fame and a national business boost on the subway. 

• 'Brooklyn Boy Knits' gained national attention on the subway
• Louis Boria spends his communte on the subway knitting
• Singer Frenchie Davis spotted him knitting one day, snapped photo, posted to FB
• Boria's business, 'Brooklyn Boy Knits,' gained national attention after viral post

Louis Boria spends his hour-long commute to Manhattan and his return to Brooklyn every night knitting. 

"You just see women doing it, so when you see this guy just in average street clothes--Brooklynite--you know they're like 'Woah, what's going on here,' and they just stare," Boria said. 

Boria said the idea of knitting came to him in a dream 10 years ago. He decided to teach himself how with YouTube videos. 

After knitting items for co-workers at Mount Sinal Medical Center where he works as an administrative assistant, Boria created a website to sell his creations. 

At first, he was self-conscious about knitting on the train. 

"I would sneak my project out. I would hide in the corner, and look for the darkest corner in the train," Boria said. 

Eventually, the 42-year-old abandoned his fear of what others think. And one morning last month, Broadway performer and American Idol Alum Frenchie Davis was riding the same B train as Boria. Intrigued by his knitting, she snapped a photo of him and posted it on Facebook. 

"This brotha on the train is my hero today," she wrote. 

Boria contacted Davis to thank her for the shout out and the singer reached out to her 22,000 Facebook followers again, posting a link to Boria's business website, Brooklyn Boy Knits. 

The response has been overwhelming. 

"I'm going from maybe 10 projects every two weeks to now I have hundreds and hundreds of people asking for my pieces. I'm telling everyone 'Please be patient with me, I'm a one man show,'" Boria said. 

Boria knits everything from booties to sweaters, charging around $20 to as much as $500. 

Boria is now looking to hire freelance knitters to help fill his orders. And while he's thrilled with the exposure, he said what he values most is how people want to talk to him when he's on the train, knitting. 

"It's been a blessing. The comments that people are telling me and the love that's being shown. It's all positive and that brings me more joy than anything else," he said.