I have compiled a list of needlework related links that should be fun and useful to use. There are many designer sites to visit as well as all kinds of sites related to needlework, designing, arts & crafts, copyrights, & business resources. There is also a category for Charitable and Non-Profit programs for children, because I feel these are important causes.

 Needlework Manufacturers & Supplier

The Caron Collection - Overdyed Threads, Specialty Threads
Charles Craft - Needlework Fabric & Accessories
Coats & Clark - Anchor Embroidery Threads
Crafter's Pride - Prefinished Needlework Items to Stitch, Vinal-Weave, Aida, Sal-Em Cloth
Craftsmen's Studio - Zweigart Fabrics
The DMC Corporation - Needlework Threads
Eterna Silk - Quality 100% Silk Threads
Hand-Dyed Fibers - by Vikki Clayton - Fine hand-dyed silk threads
Kreinik - Specialty Threads - Metallics, Silks, Cord, and more
Lakeside Linens - Fine Washable Hand-dyed Linens & Counted Thread Designs
Madeira - Specialty Threads
Mill Hill Seed Beads - Beads, Debbie Mumm Buttons, Charms & more
Needle Necessities - Lovely Hand Dyed, Space Dyed & Hand Painted Specialty Threads
Needlepoint Silk
Olde Willow Stitchery - Beautiful Hand Dyed Floss & Soon to Come, Space Dyed Floss
Rainbow Gallery - Overdyed Threads
Silkweaver Fabrics - Hand Dyed Linens, Evenweaves
Sudberry House - Fine Wood Accessories for Needlework, etc.
Weeks Dye Works - Specialty Threads
Wichelt Imports, Inc. - Fine Needlework Fabrics
Zweigart - Needlework Fabric & Accessories

 Helpful Needlework Accessories

American Dream Products, Inc. - EZ-Stitch cross stitch frames, floor stands, lap stands, tabletop stands, heart shape stands and other fine needlework products
Artisan Design, Inc. - Innovative needlework stands, scroll frames, and accessories
Big Eye Lamp, Inc. - Magnifiers for Needlework
Fantastic Stitch Away Needlework Fabric Mounts - See "Icarus" on the Stitch Away home page.
Gripit Plus, Inc. - Needlework Floorstands
Handi-Clamps Scroll Frames - No baste Scroll Frames with nice round knobs for adjustment
Hearthside Craftworks - Specializing in Hand Crafted, Solid Oak Needlework Stitching Stands and Accessories
Jasmine Heirlooms - Hoops, Stands, Frames, Display Racks
Lee Valley Tools - The greatest 'watchmaker cases' which are perfect for storing beads, charms & treasures! Go to: Gardening > Storage > Watchmaker's Cases
Marj's Cross Stitch Gallery - Print-Out Labels for Mill Hill Beads; Print-Out Graph Paper
Sharon's Gallery - Shows Thread Keys, the American version of the Stitch Bow used overseas for storing floss
Stitches 'n Things- Thread Keys can be ordered here
V-Tech - Totally cordless headset - great for talking on the phone and stitching at the same time. No cricks in the neck! This link is on Amazon. If it changes, you can find this item by doing a search for "Vtech 1511". Recommended by a stitcher in an egroup I belong to.
Wyoming Outdoor - Map Life - Recommended on a Needlework Egroup to protect large charts when folding. Protects with a transparent, weatherproof treatment. Prevents tearing and wear of folded maps and strengthens old charts. Easily cleaned, can be written over.

Art Supplies
Dick Blick Art Materials
KolinskyArtBrushes - variety of artist brushes including Kolinsky Sable and Siberian Squirrel

Needlework Distributors
Fantasy Crafts
Hoffman Distributing Company, Inc.
Mill Hill - Gaye Bowles Sales, Inc.
Norden Crafts
Nordic Needle
Sudberry House
Yarntree
Wichelt Imports, Inc.
Zweigart

Publishers

American School of Needlework
Dimensions Crafts
Fantasy Crafts
Imaginating
Kustom Krafts
Leisure Arts
JanLynn
Jeannette Crews
Stoney Creek

Needlework Designers - A - L

2 Busy Stitching
Alchemy Stitchcraft - Designer Christine Wilkins
Amathusia Needlecraft Designs - Designer Barbara Skelton
Another Time Designs - Designer Virginia Ramirez
Aon - Celtic Art & Illumination & Cross Stitch Designs - Artist/Designer Cari Buziak
Art Stitch
At River's End
Bent Creek Designs
Birds of a Feather
Berlin Embroidery - Designer Tanja Berlin
Tink Boord-Dill Needlework - Beautiful Painted Canvas, Counted Cross Stitch & Charted Needlepoint
Gladys Box Designs - Photo Conversion Cross Stitch Charts
Calico Crossroads - Designer Linda Connors
Cat's Paw Designs - Designer Elizabeth C. Streuli
Chatelaine - Designer Martina Weber
Couchman Creations - Designer Karen Couchman
Crafty Designs 2000
Craft Designs 4 You - Designer Cherie Marie Leck
Cross Stitch Art
Cross Stitch Wonders - Original art work and well known artist's designs adapted with permission for needlework.
Dancing Violet Designs
Doodle Dragons - Designer Sarah Givens
Designs from Margaret Lee
Dragon Dreams - Designer Jennifer Aikman-Smith
Dragon Fire Designs - Designer Sherry Schons
The Drawn Thread
Dutch Treat Designs - Designer Claudia Dutcher - Unique Tabletoppers
East Anglican Xstitch Designs - Pat Porter
Elizabeth's Designs - Designer Elizabeth (Betsy) Foster - You can also find Patricia Andrle's designs here
Enchanting Lair - Designer Laura Dickson
Erica's Cross Stitch Designs - Formula 1 Car/Driver Patterns
Ewe and Eye and Friends - Counted Cross Stitch & Painted Canvas
Faces by Pet Stitch - Pet & Animal Designs
Faces - Designer Rebecca Ellwein
Friends in Needlework - Designers Deanna Powell & Jonalene T. Gutwein
Gilli Edwards Designs
Joan Green Designs
June Grigg Designs - P. Buckley Moss Collection
Heart Blossoms - Designer Jill Martz
The Heart's Content - Designer Maureen Appleton
Heart in Hand
Hillcroft House - Designer Marianne Shellhamer
Homespun Elegance - Designer Sandra Sullivan
Imaginating
JMD Designs - Designer Janet M. Davies
Sampler Girl - Designer Tanya Anderson
Just Nan Designs - Designer Nan Caldera
Kitty & Me - Designer Pamela Kellogg
Kooler Design Studios
Lavender & Lace - Also, Butternut Road & Told In a Garden Designs - Designer Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum
Kustom Krafts Needleworks
Counted Cross Stitch Designs by Laura Gabutti Lattuada
Told In A Garden - with links to Lavender & Lace & Butternut Road - Designer Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum
Luttuca Original Cross Sttich Designs - Designer Carol Lattuca Beck

Needlework Designers M - Z

Ursula Michael Designs
Mirabilia - Designer Nora Corbett
The Monkey Works - Designer Kathleen O. Cadilek
Napa Needlepoint - Designs by Janet Perry
Needleart Always - Designer Lucinda Gregory Rice
Needle's Content - Designer Annemiek Koning
NeedleDreams - Designer Bekki Bouvet
Orana Originals
Ornaments - Stunning Needlepoint designs by Orna Willis
Ozark Sampler - Large Count Designs
Patricia Ann Designs - Designer Patricia Ann Bage
Pegasus Originals
The Painting Thread - Ri-Va Designs
Robin's Nest Designs
Richard Seekins Designs
Samantha Taylor Needlepoint Designs
Sampler Girl - Designer Tanya Anderson
Sekas & Co.
Serendipity Designs
Simply Old Fashioned - Lots of Fun Designs
Skinner Sisters
A Stitch & A Prayer - Designer Vicki Schofield
Stitches'N'Stones Cross Stitch - Designer Tracy Kreger
Stitchworks
Stitchy Kitty - Designer Michelle Lutzen
Stone Dog Design Studio
The Sweetheart Tree - Designer Sandie Vanosdall
Tink Boord-Dill Needlework
Too Sisters Designs
Vickery Collection
With My Needle - Designer Ellen Chester
Wonderful Stitches
Wooly Dreams - Designer Lula Chang
X-Calibre Designs - Designer Carol Leather
X's and Oh's - Designer Joanne Gatenby

 Local & Online Needlework Shops
123 Stitch
ABC Stitch - Cross Stitch Online Shop
All Stitched Up - Online Cross Stitch Shop
Ann's Stitching Post - Connecticut Shop & Online Ordering
Beads Beads - Colorado Beadwork Shop & Online Ordering
Birdhouse Enterprises - Order Online
Craftmen's Studio - North Carolina - Mail Order & Online Ordering
Cross Stitch Collectibles - Online Shop
Debby's Craft Closet - Online Store
Dream Stitchers Needlework Shop - Florida Shop & Online Ordering
Elegant Stitch - California Shop & Online Ordering
Ewe Count - Wyoming Shop & Online Ordering
Fantasy Crafts - Wisconsin Shop & Online Ordering
Heritage Shoppe - Wisconsin Shop & Online Ordering
Herrschner's - Mail Order Catalog
House of Stitches - Indiana Shop & Online Ordering
Mavis Crafts - UK Shop & Online Ordering
Mindy's Needlepoint Factory - Oregon Shop & Online Ordering
Needle Dreams - Online Ordering
Needle Artworks - Online Ordering - A collection of designs using all types of needlework techniques.
Needlecraft Showcase - Online Ordering
NetStitch - United Kingdom - Online Needlework Shop
Past Impressions
Pinn-Stitch - Thailand Shop & Online Ordering
Sew & So - UK Shop and Online Ordering
Shakespeare's Peddler - Online Shop
Shamrock Cross Stitch - Missouri Shop & Online Ordering
The Silver Needle - Oklahoma Shop & Online Ordering
Stitchability - 1,500 Cross Stitch & Needlecraft Kits Online - United Kingdom
Stitcher's Closet - Louisiana Online Shop
Stitcher's Paradise - California Shop & Online Ordering
The Stitchery Nook - Iowa Shop & Online Ordering
Stitcher's Treasures - California Shop & Online Ordering
Stitches 'n Things - Michigan Shop & Online Ordering
Stitchworks - Oklahoma Shop & Online Ordering
Strawberry Sampler - Pennsylvania Shop & Online Ordering
Thread Needle Street - Washington Shop & Online Ordering
Thistle Needleworks - Connecticut Shop & Online Ordering - My Local Needlework Shop & Expert Framers
Traditional Stitches - Canadian Online Needlework Shop
Wyndham Needleworks - Connecticut Shop & Online Ordering

Needlework Services

Ghost Stitchers - A service that will stitch your needlework projects for you. They offer stitching for counted cross stitch, pulled thread, hardanger, charted needlepoint, hand-painted needlepoint and more. Also, offers custom design for verses & poems written by you.

Needlework Magazines  

Classic Stitches
Cross Country Stitching
Cross Stitcher
For the Love of Cross Stitch
Just Cross Stitch
Needlepoint Now
Plastic Canvas Home & Holiday
Quick & Easy Plastic Canvas
Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly
Stitcher's World
Stoney Creek Cross Stitch Collection

Needlework Links & Search Engines
About.com Cross Stitch - Carol Todd
About.com Needlepoint
A Cool Tribal Arts Gallery - Arts & Crafts, Tribal, Native, Gallery
Cool Craft Sites
Jack and Susie.com - Five generations of stitchers from Oregon to Colorado share their work, hints and tips, and favorite projects! A friendly community of needlework artisans. Bulletin boards, chat room, projects, files and fellowship. Lot's of great gift ideas!
Karin On-Line
Stitch Alley - Needlework Search Engine
Julie Thompson Cross Stitch Links
SW Creations - Top Sites

Needlework Reference Sites

Buddie's Lacing Instructions - Tutorial for lacing and framing needlework
CameoRoze - Needlework Tips and Information
Classic Stitches - Stitch Glossary with over 145 different stitches
Counted Cross Stitch, Needlework & Stitchery Page by Kathleen Dyer
Cross Stitch Corner - Reference Site & Lots of Links
Cross Stitch Pals Tips & Hints
Martha Beth Lewis' Home Page - Needlework Resource & Information
Needlepointers.com - Needlework Info., Links, Free Patterns & Conversion Charts
Nuts-About-Needlepoint - A needlepoint newsletter from Janet Perry - Interviews, Reviews, hints & tips
Sharon B's Stitch Dictionary
Stitch Online - Ezine from the Skinner Sisters
Tapestries

Machine Embroidery Sites & Designer

Needle Dreams - Machine Embroidery Designs by Bekki Bouvet - Also Counted Cross Stitch & Heirloom Embroidery Designs
Secrets of Machine Embroidery - Machine Embroidery Designs, Tutorials, and Tips

Arts & Crafts Sites
1 Stop Gift Baskets - Gourmet gift baskets and a wizard you can use to create your own custom baskets.
123 Greetings.com - Free Electronic Greeting Cards
American Candle Classics - Allentown, PA
Aspen Country Store - Our country store specializes in unique home decor accessories, country kitchen decorations, rustic lawn ornaments and garden decor, office decorations, wildlife sculptures and Old West cowboy collectibles.
Candles By Victoria - Handmade Candles Made from the Heart
Casual Elegance - Polymer Clay Handcrafted Jewelry & Home Accessories
Clare's Crochet World
Crafts Galore - Online Craft Mall
Funlin Antiques & Crafts - Orient handicrafts, folk art, antiques, jewelry, etc.
Gift Baskets by Candice - unique gift basket featuring hundreds of gourmet foods and snacks. Free shipping.
Imagination Market - Unique hand-crafted gifts from Canada. Browse the market for gifts sure to please.
ItemsAbout.com - Handcrafted Gifts
Kathy's Korner
Laura's Books - A Crafts Bookstore
Tom Merrin's Hardwood Toys
My Free.com - Guide to Free Stuff for Crafting
My Home Recipes - Gourmet Gift Baskets
Needle Dreams - Machine Embroidery, Machine Cross Stitch, Heirloom Embroidery, Crafts, & Counted Cross Stitch.
Royal Blue Handcrafts - Handcrafted beaded jewelry & handwoven items
Scratchpad Studio - Fine Art Prints from Original Watercolor Paintings by Jennifer A. Wheatley
SeaCrest Trading Company - Phillipines Seashell Crafts, wood crafts and carvings
Sewdoll's Craft & Art - Wonderful Arts & Crafts Clipart
Shop 4 Candles and Candle Making Supplies - Thousands of affordable candles, votives, floating candles, accessories, and candle making supplies.
Simply Classic Gift Baskets - Gourmet food & wine gift baskets for all occasions. Shipping nationwide.
SWCreations Handcrafted Beaded Jewelry - Innovative Beaded Jewelry Designs for the Creative at Heart!

Needlework Software
Cross Stitch Professional & Publisher from DP Software
UK Site for Easy Cross - Cross Stitch from Fulsoft
Easy Grapher and Stitch Wiz from Ken Davis
Patternmaker by Hobbyware
PC Stitch by M & R Technologies, Inc.
Stitch Crafts Gold for Windows & Stitch Crafts Pro for MAC
Stitch Painter Gold

Needlework Guilds & Organizations
Charted Designers of America
Cross Stitch Pals
Embroiderers Guild of America
International Needlework Retail Guild
Needlework Markets, Inc.
National Craft Association, Rochester, New York
The Needlepoint Group

Needlework Bulletin Boards, Chats & Email Groups

Cross Stitch Pals Message Board & Bulletin Board
Needlecraft Showcase Bulletin Board
Noble Needle - Needlework Email Club
RCTN - Rec.crafts.textiles.needlework - Usenet Newsgroup under newsgroups in your browser.

Website Building Resources

Bravenet - Free Website Services including mailing lists & site counters.
Dreamweaver - Software to build sophisticated sites
Page Tutor - Basic HTML Tutorials
Personal Currency Assistant - Opens in a pop-up window so visitors don't have to leave your site to convert currency.
SiteMeter.com - a good, free counter for your website. May be upgraded to a paid counter with more features.

Graphic Design/Images
123 Greetings - Free Electronic Greeting Cards From 123Greetings.com
Country Luv'n Clipart

Business Supplies & Resources
Bags Plus
Bargain Printing
The Container Store - Everything you need for storage & organizing
Dover Publications - Book publisher with many needlework, craft, and art related books
National Association for the Self-Employed
Palo Alto Software Products - Business Plan Software - Try the Mini Plan for free.
PayPal - Free Online Credit Card Transactions for Your Site
U.S. Government Zip + 4 Lookup
U.S. Government Copyright Office - Information & Forms

Copyright Laws & Information

10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained by Brad Templeton
Cognizance of Copyrights & Wrongs
Copyright & Fair Use - Stanford University
Copyright & Intellectual Property by Robert Oakley & Kenneth Crews
Copyright Materials & Information for Reporting Copyright Violations - How to report & remove your artwork, graphics, or needlework from sites that are using your copyrighted material illegally.
Copyright Myths
Copyright Website
Federal Regulations - Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations covering registrations of & claims to copyright.
Findlaw: Copyright Directory of Copyright Laws
Intellectual Property Issues - Directory of articles and reports on intellectual property.
U. S. Government Copyright Office
U.S. Government Cybercrime
U.S. Government Announcement of CHIP Units (Computer Hacking & Intellectual Property Units)
World Intellectual Property Organization
Yarntree's Copyright Basics

Charitable, Non-Profit & Community Help Programs for Children & Seniors

Angel Quilt Project - Afghans for families with premature babies & for children in Children Cancer Centers.
Kits for Kids - Nonprofit Maine site that provides kits & cases for foster kids spending their first night in a new home.
Locks of LoveDonate your hair - Charity that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under the age of 18 with medical hair loss.
Love Quilts - Cross Stitch Quilts made for Critically Ill Children - Stitch a special counted cross stitch square(s) for featured children from the Make a Child Smile organization. Each featured child receives a beautiful quilt, assembled from donated cross stitch squares with a theme chosen by the family or child.
Make A Child Smile A wonderful site where you can send cards, gifts, or donations to featured children who are critically ill.
Make-a-Wish Foundation of America - Premier wish-granting organization for children.
Pillow Pals from Cross Stitch Pals - Pillow Pals are counted cross stitch squares stitched by volunteers and made into pillows for ill children.
Ronald McDonald House Charities - Provides comfort and care to children and families - serving 27 countries by making grants & providing support to Ronald McDonald Houses worldwide.
Smiles 'n Hugs - Canadian site that sends cards & gifts to critically ill children.
Project Linus - Provides hand-made blankets for seriously ill and traumatized children.