A step-by-step guide to making one of the most beautiful crochet stitches The star stitch is my current favourite stitch for creating pretty texture and areas of interest in crochet. However, it wasn’t always a perfect love affair. The first time I came across Star stitch was in a vintage stitch dictionary. I happily made a piece of crochet fabric, hoping to create a rectangle which I could use to form the back of a Poldark-inspired jacket.