what i do is put them in my bookmark, then i copy them, they come out as links. LOL i think i opened my page to clean it out, then i copied them all!! LOL i do love trudi's!! i had some that i made from my print artist, BUT my hard drive fried some how, so now, i'm pretty much lost all that. ~Medo

I haven't really done a comparison, but think the most important thing is how intuitive it feels as you use it. Are the menu items you're looking for right there? What will you be using it for? Sharing privately with friends whom you send a password, slideshows, or publicly to post. How easy is it for you to find the proper URL to use if posting. Want to crop, resize, produce thumbnails? Since you're talking about free sites, I'd suggest you try a few, figure out which one works best for you, then delete the others. Or keep a couple for various uses. Ana, who uses Photobucket

I've knitted a couple bedsized blankets, and afghans, and to make it manageable to do, I make mine in long strips...from top to bottom...then sew the strips together. I, personally, don't like blankets or afghans that have a right and a wrong side, so I knit mine using reversible strips, knitted using stitches or combinations of stitches that look the same on both sides...like the moss stitch, double moss, and lots of combinations of knits and pearls (for example, squares created by, blocks of knit and pearl stitches). Get a book...try the library....on different stitches....there are a ton you can use. You can either make each strip all one stitch, or divide up the strips into squares...this will enable you to try more stitches. This is the sort of thing I like to do...I call it 'mindless knitting', and great for in the car, etc. You just don't want to have to drag the whole bloomin' thing around with you - doing it in strips makes it easy.

I remember years ago finding this pattern and thinking I should try it when magothyrivergirl posted a picture of one she had done. It was great and seeing it encouraged me to give it a try. I have to give her full credit for this one; I see lots of patterns I like and only try a fraction of them. If I hadn't seen hers I'm not sure I would have ever gotten to it. Thanks M!!! Kate