For those of you who like to make things, DIY and craft, what websites do you like and why? What would you want on a website to make it more interesting to you?

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answer:O.K. I like tutorials, video tutorials and links. I am pretty good at teaching myself how to do things if I can see how it’s done, so I prefer tutorials, video tutorials, but that is just my way of learning. Other people might prefer written instructions, I don’t know. I also like links, a lot of links. Nothing at all wrong with links unless that’s all you’ve got. Only I know exactly what it is I want to do, want to know, want to create, when it comes to this kind of thing, “crafts” for lack of a better term. If you, your site, doesn’t have the information or resources I might want or need it’s nice to find links to other sites that might have the information and resources I might want or need. I do enjoy historical information though, but that is more of an aside. Something in addition to how to actually do the thing I want to do. That’s my answer. :-)

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