I started at knitting can crocheting when I was 11 or 12. I really enjoy it, but it's one of my compulsive things. When the first few projects that I start are safe, but I have a million of them not finished in the closet.

FYI there is a crochet stitch that I LOVE that is a combination of the two. The only bad thing is that I have a hard time finding the hook. It used to look like a knitting needle with a hook on the end, now they're as long as a knitting needle but there are two sides with hooks (different sizes on each end I think) and projects slip off the end now :-(