Hand Embroidery Dictionary by Christen Brown

This is a marvelously comprehensive book. The stitch dictionary portion, which makes up the majority of the book, has a pictorial table of contents. This can be enormously helpful for the stitcher who wants a visual layout of the types of stitches one could employ in their project.  Cristen Brown, the author, also takes the reader through getting started, helpful tools, and includes a mini design workshop. All in all, a wonderful book to add to your library!