Essential Crochet Starter Stitches

As a longtime crocheter, I feel like I get stuck in the same patterns all the time. I’d love to get into designing, so the stitches shown in this book are great examples of things I could use in the future. I love having photo examples laid out, as well as written instructions and charts to follow. It seems great for anyone to learn based on their preferred method!

This is such a handy dictionary of a variety of crochet stitches! It can be difficult to learn a new stitch from a pattern, and these instructions and photos are going to come in very handy.

I am very new to crochet, so I appreciate the break down of the abbreviations and pictures for each stitch pattern. Some patterns in the book are more difficult than others, but I'm excited to try them all as I grow into this skill.

A must have for anyone who crochets I learned so much and I will definitely be referring back to this in the future

I received this DRC from NetGalley.

The look of this book reminded me of the Vogue stitch dictionaries. The photos were clear, and both written and charted instructions were provided for each stitch pattern. I think this could be a good resource for beginning crocheters, especially if they've learned the basics and want to start exploring some options other than just the same plain stitches.

Essential Crochet Starter Stitches is an excellent guide for beginners with easy to follow instructions on learning individual stitches with additional pictures.
It also has a list of abbreviations that will help me to understand patterns.
A guide that I will be referring to often while practicing my crochet.
Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Essential started stitches is a handy guide to get started in crochet and explains beginning stitches well, will be adding more stitches to my crochet projects

I’m a new crocheter and this book made me realize how much more I still have to learn - wow there are so many stitches, options for bordering etc. I loved how this book broke down with photos, step by step instructions and an intensive index that breaks down how to read patterns and examples on how to do stitches step by step. Highly recommend. Also super loved the up close photos so you can compare your work to the example stitch. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Thank you Quarry Books and NetGalley for the eARC of Essential Crochet Starter Stitches! All opinions in this book are my own.

This is an excellent resource for both beginnger and experienced crocheters alike! I like how each stitch is clearly labeled and includes a visual, a drawn explanation, and the written pattern. I will definitely be ordering a physical copy of this book for my own reference!

As someone who's been crocheting since a young age (thank you, mom!) I have a large collection of stitch samplers, patterns, and reference books -- and an even larger collection of yarn. This book is a nice addition, laying out patterns both in written form and chart, with color pictures and easy to understand instructions.

My one nitpick would be having the stitches themselves in the back of the book rather than early on, as -- for someone new to the craft -- they might not know what a picot was (even though the charts do show them) and struggle to pick it up.

Even so, a great book, and one with some stitches I wasn't already familiar with! Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC!

I really love crocheting and I'm really excited about this guide! There are a few good stitches that I never heard of, so that's great!!!

Firstly, a big thanks to the author, Melissa Leapman, the publisher, Quarry Books, and NetGalley for the privilege of being able to take a look at this Essential Crochet Starter Stitches guide. I will also share my review to Amazon, Goodreads, and Barnes & Noble upon release. This short and quick little guide is packed with info, clear charts and graphics, and explanations of how to do both simple and more complicated stitches. I've been a crocheter for a few years now, and I think this kind of guide would be super helpful to keep in my bag to have handy. Sometimes you just need a reminder on how to do a stitch you haven't done in a while, or you may want to freestyle with something new and different in order to get a handle on it. The pages are clear and concise. Loved this guide!

Essential Crochet Starter Stitches is a fairly robust beginners guide. It has easy to follow instructions, both written and visual, and lots of other resources, like abbreviation guides that explain what you might see in other patterns. This would be a great book for a beginner or someone trying to refresh their crocheting skills.

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for an honest review.

I’ve been a fair-weather crocheter for over a decade and this is exactly the type of reference guide I’d keep in my active projects basket. I don’t like working from specific patterns, but rather I like to freehand my work. Unfortunately I have a very short memory and default to the same few techniques. I could see this book providing such a boost when brainstorming my projects.
For each stitch this book includes a photo of a swatch, a diagram, and written directions. At the back of the book the author has included resources necessary to help decipher the diagrams and directions of you are unfamiliar (or have a short memory like me). When I first opened the book and started to try a stitch at random I froze, but once I realized these resources where in the back I got back on track with testing stitches.
I would recommend this book for individuals with existing crochet skills. Although called “Essential” I wouldn’t say it’s for folks who haven’t already mastered a few basics (though the resources section provides helpful diagrams of how to do those basic stitches).