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I basically just went cover to cover through a book called the Crochet Stitch Dictionary. Took about a year.

If anyone wants a closeup of any square/pattern, lmk and I can take a pic! 😊

I don’t have a list, but when I was learning I got the Crochet Stitch Dictionary by Sarah Hazell and it was tremendously helpful! It has photos, written instructions, and charts of a ton of stitches of varying difficultly! I still flip through it when I can’t choose a stitch for a project. It starts with the basics like chain, single, half double, etc, so it helps when you’re just starting (or getting back into)

Here’s a link to it on Amazon Canada. I’m not sure of its availability outside of Canada, sorry!

Good luck! I’m sure your mother will love whatever you make! Wishing her a speedy recovery!

I would recommend starting with a basic stitch book like this one: Crochet Stitch Dictionary: 200 Essential Stitches with Step-by-Step Photos https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620331292/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_2TJN0ZHEJ0PWEYH4WJ1Q

Don't get her a "beginners kit" with Disney characters and such, I see posts about those kits again and again on this sub about how difficult they are for beginners. I recommend that beginner crocheters start with flat, square projects like dish cloths and scarves. Amigurumi dolls are way more advanced than those types of projects.

I have this Crochet Stitch Dictionary and love it! It's super useful.

I don't know HOW I missed crochet �� "moss stitch" threw me off, it's a knitting stitch

Have you tried Crochet Stitch Dictionary?

I feel like YouTube has so much crochet information, books are almost obsolete.

A stitch dictionary is a good investment, just browse Amazon and you'll find a few. I got This one that I found good. If anything's not clear (although I find the explanations, pictures and charts in this pretty good) then you have the stitch name to double check on YouTube.

I have this book which has pictures. - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620331292/

This one I don’t have, but it also has good reviews on Amazon. - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1497343658/

I also have this book which doesn’t have step by step photos, but I liked that it has a ton of stitches. - https://www.amazon.com/dp/160468450X/

Buy one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Crochet-Stitch-Dictionary-Step-Step/dp/1620331292/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SUBB7Y5X89G0&keywords=crochet+stitch+dictionary&qid=1646091812&sprefix=crochet+stitch+dictiona%2Caps%2C532&sr=8-1

There are several books that are just collections of various stitches.

Crochet Stitch Dictionary: 200 Essential Stitches with Step-by-Step Photos https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620331292/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_K44ZW87G6T9MA2GCKTW2

The New Crochet Stitch Dictionary: 440 Patterns for Textures, Shells, Bobbles, Lace, Cables, Chevrons, Edgings, Granny Squares, and More https://www.amazon.com/dp/0811738698/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_ZK7VYWN6MAWMV5051M5X

Every Which Way Crochet Borders: 139 Patterns for Customized Edgings https://www.amazon.com/dp/1612127401/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_2J1VTDG0QJMDW0GQ3PFW

All three of those suggestions would be great for anyone at any level of crochet—it’s not patterns for specific items, rather it’s stitch patterns as a springboard for her to do with as she sees fit.

This has a wide variety of stitches and diagrams

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620331292/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_VM7cFbDGDJ8TR

Crochet Stitch Dictionary: 200 Essential Stitches with Step-by-Step Photos - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620331292/

You should also be able to find this at JoAnn if you live near one.

Maybe a crochet stitch dictionary like one of these?

• Crochet Stitch Dictionary

• The Big Book of Crochet Stitches

I use Crochet Stitch Dictionary all the time. It has a lot of what I consider pretty basic stitches but they take me through 90% of my projects.

I also check out Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs fairly often from the library. It has more lacier, complicated stuff.

"A to Z crochet" is good for a all around crochet book, as well as "Crochet" by DK.

I also own Edie Eckmans books, Crochet Motifs, Crochet Borders and the crochet shape one that I can't recall the name of. They are handy references for ideas.

I would also check your library for books of whatever type of thing you want to create patterns for, be it clothing, amigurumi, blankets, etc. You will get some great ideas from others but more importantly you will start learning the syntax that those particular patterns are written in.

Really, just go check out every crochet book from your library

And the library from the next town over.

Hi there!

After reading all the comments, it seems to me you're looking for different types of stitches, and very different techniques to try and challenge yourself. If I got that wrong, let me know and I'll try to find other stuff.

Now, if what you want is a bunch of different stitches to work in, I would highly recommend a book called Crochet Stitch Dictionary by Sarah Hazell. It's nothing but 200 pages of different stitch patterns and the counts for each. It's generally about 20 bucks in Canada, and you can find it in both book stores and craft stores, or on amazon. Here is the Canadian amazon link on the off chance you're in Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/Crochet-Stitch-Dictionary-Step-Step/dp/1620331292

Now, as for YouTubes and stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Sheruknittingcom - Sheru Knitting has some really intricate lace, motif and freeform type tutorial videos. I really like the presentation, and they've done a pretty good job of post production sound management. They have videos in English, and apparently Russian now.

https://www.youtube.com/user/cubacanada1 - Ruby Stedman is a lady that makes really nice clothes and has a fondness for hairpin lace. She uploads identical videos in English and in Spanish.

https://www.youtube.com/user/newstitchaday - New Stitch a Day is pretty neat, and I believe someone else already talked about them.

https://www.youtube.com/user/mikeyssmail - Crochet crowd is pretty ok, although I don't think they specialize too much in very advanced techniques. They do cover a lot of different categories of stuff to make though, so it can be helpful to browse their uploads for inspiration or at least a couple search terms here and there. Also, depending on your hand preference, they're pretty good for uploading left-handed videos as well.

I mention languages because I have no idea if you're an anglophone or not, and there's a wealth of resources in a bunch of languages on YouTube-- Russian, French, Spanish (both Spain and Latin American) and probably a bunch of asian languages seem to be the most popular. Also, being a lefty myself, I'm always on the lookout for channels that upload lefty-friendly videos. All four of the previous channels have some degree of lefty video support, but it's a little inconsistent.

All in all, I've found that crochet isn't a hobby that gets terribly complex so much as increasingly complicated-- once you've mastered single, half double, double, and triple crochets, back and front post stitches, and chaining... you've got the fundamentals down, and then you're basically just looking at new and interesting ways to combine all of that.

I hope this helps!