We all have our favorite sites to go to for inspiration. List them here and I'll add them in this post so we can all share. Those with an asterisk you have to sign up for, but the patterns themselves are free.
http://www.yarnforward.com/needleconv.html Posted for the conversion chart but also has free patterns for download
http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/tips/convcroc.shtml Posted for the conversion chart, but there are patterns there as well
http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/weight.html A standard yarn weight system (at least for the US anyways)
http://www.knitting-and.com/index.htmlhttp://bernat.com/*
http://lionbrand.com/*
http://knittingpatterncentral.com/http://smariek.blogspot.com/http://crochetpatterncentral.com/http://www.coatsandclark.com/http://caron.com/And for those interested this is
http://ravelry.com/, some patterns you have to pay for, and some you need the source material (book, magazine, what have you) but it's a good community. If you're on ravelry already, look me up under the name "thanagrayson" and you'll find me.