If I'm a fairly experienced knitter, will I find crochet easy enough?

[almahart]

I really fancy making a granny squares blanket in muted colours. Is crocheting quicker than knitting? Am on ravelry so am confident I can find nice patterns, but just wonder if is much faster

I've done three baby blankets in granny squares. It's definitely fast! I hold my crochet hook in a very "knitty" way though so I'm not as fast as I could be.
I can finish a large square in an hour. (8 inch square DK 4mm hook.)

I should add, that's powering through. If I'm not really in the mood or not concentrating it can take ages!

I'm an experienced knitter and would love to crochet, but am finding it almost impossible to learn.

I am a fair knitter, my friend runs crochet workshops at festivals and that sort of thing .... I can still only do a basic single chain (like a string!) despite a few hours of her time.

I gave up tbh.

You should be fine. It is much faster than knitting (but I still prefer knitting). Have a look at the Attic24 site for good tutorials (scroll past all the bloggy stuff til you see 'Patterns and Tutorials' on the left hand side of the page).

I can do both fairly well, but prefer knitting. Granny squares aren't hard once you get the basic stitches down. I use YouTube tutorials a lot to learn new stitches

I'm shit at knitting but bloody brilliant at crochet kind of. I taught muself from a few youtube videos and photo tutorials last year and am now hooked.

Ooh. I was inspired by the gorgeous blanket on LittleCottonRabbits, on iPad so can't link. She made it big enough for a king size bed but that might actually be do able if it's possible to do a square in an hour. Thanks for the Attic24 tip

By the way, LittleCottonRabbits is a gorgeous blog

Was it this blanket? That is absolutely gorgeous. However, I believe that those are not granny squares, will obv bow to the crocheters but I thought granny squares looked like this - nothing wrong with them of course, but groups of three trebles or doubles (depending on your terminology) with chains in between?

I'm an experienced and pretty good knitter and I find crochet really hard! I learnt last year and I can do Granny Squares and Granny stripes and a few other things but I find it much harder to "read" than knitting, if that makes sense? My mum can crochet well and had to explain a few things to me to get them to click. Do you know anyone that can crochet, and show you the basics? I did also find the Attic24 tutorials to be really good.

That blanket is beautiful! Hope you manage to make it!

Oh - I have no idea! I just thought square in crochet = granny square, but they do look as if there's more to them don't they.

It is absolutely beautiful isn't it!

The colours are amazing. I am having a major blanket crisis at the moment for a baby who was due yesterday, I've started two and am now on the third. That is making me want to start again

The squares in that blanket look quite simple to me. I reckon it would be a good project.

Do you think so Bod? I've lost my knitting mojo now my kids won't wear anything I make. I need something to get into

I can knit and crochet - but if I want something that I can do without thinking then I'd choose crochet. I find that once i've made my foundation chain and first row or done the first couple of rounds on a granny square then I can just settle into the rhythm of the work and crochet away.

There are some beautiful effects that can be achieved with the basic stitches. Just be careful with the differences in US and UK crochet terminology.

Definitely learn the join as you go method to avoid having to sew your squares together. You'll still have loose ends to deal with but there is no sewing

The pattern is the same as this one by Wink I think - which she calls a solid Granny! Except that in the LittleCottonRabbits example the different rounds are worked in different colours.

However, if you want to get your knitting mojo back, what about knitting some things for yourself? Socks are a great project and completely practical too.

The hardest bit to learn about crochet it the first few lines. I found once I got past the them I got into it fairly fast. I'm an ok knitter. I found the oatterns challenging bt fun as a result. There are some lovely old fashioned lace patterns on the Internet to experiment with.

Crochet is basic stitches done in different ways to achieve an effect, just like different ways of using knit and purl to achieve an effect.
I used a combo of magazines and online tutorials to learn the stitches.

Thanks everyone,this is all really helpful. I was given a big voucher for my 40th birthday that I have been waiting to spend. This might be the project!