Spring and summer can be filled with great knitting fun, don't think that knitting is just for winter! ChemKnits has designed three different spring themed knitting charts for your knitting pleasure: Two butterfly knitting charts and one dragonfly knitting charts. Happy Knitting!

My favorite photo project: butterflies has been one of the best photography projects that I have undertaken. Waiting to photograph butterflies tested the limits of my patience but were well rewarded at the end. I made it a point to do so with the least expense, so I concentrated on local gardens, local nurseries, botanical gardens and my own backyard.

The beautiful butterfly is typically brightly colored, and it has become very popular in art in the United States. Butterflies are interesting, as well as, helpful for the environment. Many butterflies pollinate flowers and some eat harmful insects, however, they feed primarily on the nectar of flowers. Butterflies sense the air for scents, nectar and wind with their antennae. A butterfly's sense of taste is located on the tarsi (their feet) which work only on contact. Vision is also well developed and most species are sensitive to the ultraviolet light spectrum.