Crochet Stitch Dictionary, 200 Essential Stitches with Step-by-Step Photos by Sarah Hazell

Interweave
Interweavestore.com
copyright 2013 Quarto Inc.
isbn: 978-1-62033-129-3

This book has a lot of stitches. Don't skip the beginning part as it tells you the basic stitches and how stitches can be varies. Lots of good drawings and pictures. She also indicates what kind/thickness of crochet fabric the stitch makes and suggest possible projects. Directions are in both American and European symbols. Plus there is a symbols and abbreviations guide at back of book.

Table of Contents
Foreword - Why crochet, purpose of book, and how book is put together.
About this book - tells you how to use the book

Getting Started
Equipment and materials, hooks, hook sizes chart, yarns, scissors, tape measure, split ring markers, pins with large heads, tapestry needles.

Essential crochet skills
Holding hook, holding yarn, making a slip knot, foundation chains, working in rows, fastening off and waving in ends,
Turning chains (SC= 1 ch, ExtSC=2ch, Hdc = 2ch, DC = 3ch, TC=4ch, DoubleTC=5ch)
Joining yarn, seams, gauge, crochet aftercare

Basic Stitches: Chain st, SC, Sl st, ExtSC, Hdc, Dc, Tc,
Stitch variations:
Working into one loop; front, back
Working into ch space, inserting between stitches, spike stitches
Raised stitches, front, back
Working several stitches in the same place; fans &shells,
Working Several stitches together, cluste, puff, bobble, popcorn
Special formations: Picot, bullion st, lop st, solomon's knot
double foundation chain:

Directory of Stitches
(An 1" thumbnail of the stitch is shown with its name. A colored line above the thumbnail indicates the general subcategory that the stitch falls under.)
Basic Stitches: SC - Diagonal Trip
Fans & Shells: Close Scallop - Catherine Wheel
Clusters, Puffs, and Bobbles: Pique - 5 star Marguerite
Spikes: alternate Spikes - Spiked Squares
Relief Stitches: Front Raised Double - Loop
Mesh, Filet, and Trellis: Small Mesh - Filet Squares
Crossed and Interlocking stitches: Cable - Sidesaddle Shell
Waves and Chevrons: Chevron - Wave and Chevron
Decorative: Beaded SC - Surface Crochet over Large Mesh

Symbols and Abbreviations
Index and Credits