Crochet is ‘easier’ - one hook/one hand versus two needles/two hands with knitting. It’s easier to build speed crocheting as well, or at least that has been my experience.
You have the advantage of being able to watch Youtube for instruction - when I started, I was 12-13 years old and taught myself - no Youtube back in those days!
Start with something easy & small - lots of attractive washcloth patterns out there and I think they would be good starter projects, plus you’d end up with something useful as well! :-)
Good tips, thanks! My son’s girlfriend crochets and makes pretty and usable stuff like winter hats and scarves. She’s very talented. I was impatient when I was a teenager and could never get my crochet stitches to be similar enough in tension or size, so quickly stopped. I kept getting compared to my cousin who mastered it quickly. I had no desire to be like her at all. So I stuck with sewing, embroidery, and cross-stitch, though I haven’t done any of those in years either.