I was thrilled to be approved for an e-ARC of Essential Crochet Starter Stitches! As a beginner in crochet, I’ve been drawn to books like this, and I can honestly say that this one exceeded my expectations.

This beautifully laid-out book is easy to navigate, allowing you to quickly find the exact stitch or technique you’re looking for. The instructions are clear and well-supported by corresponding images, making it easy to follow along and understand each step. With sections covering solids, shells, fans, openwork, lace, and simple edgings, this book is a fantastic resource for any crocheter looking to expand their skills.

I highly recommend Essential Crochet Starter Stitches to anyone wanting to improve their crochet abilities. I’m excited to try several of these stitches, especially some edging techniques, to finish my projects with a polished look.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry | Quarry Books for providing me with an e-ARC of Essential Crochet Starter Stitches in exchange for my honest review.

**Review of *Essential Crochet Starter Stitches***

*Essential Crochet Starter Stitches* is a must-have for anyone ready to dive into crochet. This book focuses on the basic stitches, making it super beginner-friendly.

The step-by-step instructions are clear and come with helpful illustrations, which really boost your confidence as you learn. Plus, it offers handy tips for practicing and fixing common mistakes, so you won’t feel stuck.

There are also fun, simple projects that let you try out your new skills and see your progress.

Overall, *Essential Crochet Starter Stitches* is perfect for newcomers. It’s all about building your skills and having fun with crochet!

I'm not a newby to crochet so I am confident with most of the stitches in this book. However, I did expect that. I like the lay out of the book, the pictures and the descriptions of the stitches and patterns. I think it would be a very helpful book to get a complete newby in to crochet as a hobby!

I love this instructional book on crochet! It was very easy to follow and the colorful pictures helped so much when learning new stitches. I made several swatches of the patterns and they all turned out beautiful and looked just like the pictures in the book. I will definitely be purchasing the physical book when it is published.
Highly recommend for beginners and even those experienced with crochet!

Gorgeous and aesthetically pleasing book of crochet stitches. Love the formatting & the pictures. I like the way there are graphs and instructions.

I love this book! I just decided to learn crochet and the timing of my chance encounter with this little treat couldn’t have been more perfect. Now I have more lovely stitches to practice! The variety is awesome without being overwhelming and there are great photos and instructions to help you along. A crafty little treasure!

As someone new to crochet, this was very hemlock in learning new styles to add to my basic skills. Looking forward to getting these stitches in future projects.

Loved this!! It was so easy to follow and gave me the confidence to try new stitches. Would recommend to anyone looking to start this hobby!

I am a high school teacher and advisor to our crochet club. I am a knitter and have never crocheted a project before. This book is very useful for me as it has great diagrams for each type of stitch. I also found the diagrams showing how each pattern of stitches looks to be very helpful. This is a different type of crochet book as it doesn't include any projects but instead will get you started practicing before you're ready to make a project. My students will love this book!

An approachable guide to cute and easy beginner crochet stitches! A must for anyone thinking about learning crochet and a great guide to the moderate crafters!

This was the perfect guide for beginners and also great for intermediate crocheters. The book is aesthetically pleasing, easy to read and focus on the patterns. I liked that there is a picture that shows the stitches and written instructions, I’m still learning to read patterns with pictures. I will be buying a clog of this book to have on hand in my craft room.

As a new member of the crocheting community, I love all the patterns this book has. They’re all different and unique. I love how for each section, there’s a picture of what the stitch should look like, written instructions, and also the stitch pattern layout. As a visual learner, this helped me understand the written instructions better. I was able to visualize what the stitch would look like while also learning the stitch.

I really enjoyed this book so much. I hate to critique one part because it’s a really knowledgeable book on crochet stitches. I would really have liked resources section of the book on the front. It’s just my preference for how I like layouts to be.

Overall, great book!

Essential Crochet Starter Stitches is a wonderfully practical companion for crocheters of all skill levels. This compact guide showcases 100 beautifully photographed stitch patterns, each accompanied by clear written instructions and stitch diagrams. There were a lot of fan pattern especially that I haven't seen before, but will definitely try.

From basic solid stitches to elegant shells, openwork, and lace patterns, the book perfectly balances practicality and inspiration. The clear photography and stitch diagrams make new stitches approachable.

I would say that if you are brand new to crochet, this might not be the best place to start. This is more of a stitch dictionary, although it does have a lot of helpful basic stitch diagrams at the back of the book. In my opinion, many of the stitches, especially from the beginning section, would be perfect for making dishcloths or blankets to practice learning new stitches though!

Overall, this book is a lovely little reference to start you on your crochet journey.

I really like this book. The stitches are very well explained and it gets a little more complicated as the book goes on. Everything is shown with pictures as well and that makes it amazing because you can check if yours looks like the picture.

Essential Crochet Starter Stitches is a good book for someone like me who is learning to crochet. The majority of the book is made up of tons of different stitch options for crocheting. There is a picture as well as the steps to complete the stitch. The end of the book is a really good resources section with all types of information and techniques needed to learn to crochet. This book is a great resource for beginners and intermediates alike. The only thing I might have liked is some examples of what each stitch looks like as a completed project. Otherwise this is a good book.

it has been four months since i started crocheting and back then i’d have loved this book !!! it contains images, graphics and written patterns PLUS there’s a whole chapter explaining how to do all the stitches and you can visualize how to do with all the images.

i’m mostly excited to do the seed stitch and yo yo shells, i’ve never attempted any shell pattern so here we go ! also once i tried to do a simple edging and lets say it didn’t work out ! but i’ll try numbers 2, 3 and 10 !!!!

highly recommend this one for the crocheters beginners ! i saw that there’s the next-level stitches so i’ll be heading over there !

thank you netgalley, quarry books and melissa leapman for the arc !!

I love all the different stitches in this book and can't wait to play around with them more! Very heavy on the shell stitches but that's okay

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

As someone who is comfortable with crochet this book is a great way to increase my skill set for some basic stitches. I have a few under my belt but this book will add in some 'fancy basics' like she'll designs. The pictures, diagrams, and illustrations are all fantastic. They are very clear and easy to follow. I really appreciate having the formula for starting chains. It allows so much flexibility rather than having a specific pattern/finished size to follow.

This book was super easy to follow along, the wording was easy to understand and the diagrams all made sense. This book was a fun and easy guide to some neat stitches. I know that I will definitely be using some of these stitches on a more normal basis. The stitches I already knew were explained in a way that when I was first learning to crochet I think it would have been much easier for me. The stitches I hadn't ever tired until reading through this book were also very easy to accomplish. I would for sure recommend this book to any of my crochet friends looking to learn new stitches and expand their knowledge of crochet.

As a total beginner, this book makes crocheting so easy and accessible, and the photos are extremely helpful.
The step by step approach and the vivid photos make learning more fun.
I will be reading the next level crochet book after this, and will review that one too.
I have the impression that the two books cover everything one needs for crocheting.