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Crochet/Knitting Resources

Hand Stretches - play around with yarn for long enough and you will find
that these are a necessity.
KnittingHelp.com - high quality, professional, video tutorials for free!
CrochetPatternsCentral.com - a ton of free crochet patterns updated regularly.
Roxycraft - good size collection of cute amigurumi patterns for sale.

Creature Sites

Blogs

Stores

Mahar Dry Goods - vintage and artisan crafted goodies.
Schmancy
KungFu Toys
Curious Eidolon - they will be carrying a few of my amigurumis soon (3/06) !