• http://www.tricoland.com (this busy forum offers help and friendship to fellow knitters)

• http://www.artdutricot.info/index.php (the basics of knitting, good graphics)

• http://www.abracadafil.com/ (good site with info for beginners and mini knitting software)

• http://www.royea.net/sockdemo1.html (step by step instructions for sock making)

• http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/abbreviations_explained/ (video assistance)

• http://tricofolk.info (help available here)

• http://artisanat.yoll.net/tabmat.htm (illustrated dictionary of basic stitches)

• http://www.yarnfwd.com/needleconv.html (conversion chart for needle sizes)

Knitting charts:

• http://www.grillestricot.be (Mauricette's site... your first stop)

• http://www.jessica-tromp.nl/knittingbordersknitgraphchart.htm (knitting charts and many patterns)

Sites worth exploring:

• http://www.aiguilles-magiques.com/ (Nancy is a knitting enthusiast with a great imagination.  She loves exploring colors and textures)

• http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inoca-bc.nsf/fr/ca02009f.html (washing and care symbols)

Wool stores:

• La Bobineuse de Laine (514) 521-9000 - 2270 Mont-Royal East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (corner of Journal de Montréal daily)

• http://www.phildar.com/us/default.asp (official site of Phildar France)

• http://www.clubdirectlaine.ca/ (official site of Club Direct Laine, Boucherville, Québec)

• http://www.phildar.fr/fr/p_magasin/adresse_nofr.asp (Phildar store on an international scale)

• http://www.woolworks.org/stores/qc.html (list of wool stores in Quebec)

• http://groups.msn.com/tricotthemtl/dtaillants.msnw (more wool stores in Quebec)

• http://www.coudre-broder-tricoter.com/index.html (site of Pingouin)