My mom had this pair of slippers that went with us on vacation, or to visit relatives. They were knitted, and I would have liked to have a pair, but I only crocheted. Finally, this winter, I found a pattern, yarn and got my knitting needles and spent a snowy weekend making a pair of slippers for me. In the photo above, the top pair is my mom's (with the pom-pom)the darker ones on the bottom are the ones I made (and have been wearing since, and without the pom-pom. So, this is one of the reasons I wanted to learn to knit. You can also make better looking clothes items knitting than crocheting, although I have only made one sweater, which by the time I finished it was too small for Brett to wear...