crafters, i need your help

[lucykate]

i have started working freelance needlecraft designing, but after working for Coats for years am somewhat out of the loop when it comes to real life crafting.

can anyone recommend any craft based forums, websites, blogs etc? i need to think about setting up my own web site but was wondering if starting a blog would be a cheaper/easier alternative for now.

I would just try Googling 'Craft Forum' & see what comes up. Someone on here told me of a beading one thats been quite useful for me. I set up a realy basic website myself (really just a collection of photos) - you can do it fairly easily via std packages