Mom's new 'bad habit'

In January I started knitting. I wasn't going to, but my kids kinda forced me into it. :) Our church has a group called The Knit Wits. They knit/crochet for charities and do a prayer shawl ministry, too. The youth in our church decided that they wanted to do this, too. I said that I would help with the group but WOULD NOT learn to knit...I didn't need another 'bad habit'. (my other 'bad habits' are quilting and encaustic wax art) Well....I learned and I love it!! I have knitted 3 toques (hats), and poncho, and am halfway done with a pair of slippers. (I have also learned how to knit dishcloths) I'm getting there. I just find it so relaxing. I am excited to keep learning new stitches and working on different projects. Christina, Shayne, and Meredith (she also does the loom) are knitting with needles and Vincent knits with a loom. They all do a good job (sorry, no pictures of their work as they haven't finished anything) except Christina has a hard time following a pattern. For example, she got the hand of increasing on her dishcloth. She was supposed in increase until she had 45 stitches on her needle, the start to DECREASE. Well, she took her knitting with her on the ski bus, when she got home she had 103 stitches. She knew what DECREASING meant..but decided to do her own thing (that's our Christina!).

So here are a few pictures of what I have knitted.