Just over a week ago, you guys know that I went to California. Since I returned back from my excursion to the Western coast, I was running around trying to catch up from everything that I missed at work while I was away. Now I have 30 seconds to sit down, breathe, and write about my full excursion to Laguna Beach. While I was there, I learned a few things as an East Coast girl traipsing through the West Coast.
1) Drive. Very. Carefully. Driving on the West Coast is completely different than driving on the East. This was not the first time I've driven on the freeways, and they still scare me. And there are a lot of hills, for those manual transmission types.
2) When you park in Laguna Beach, if you're planning to stay for a while, bring lots, and I do mean lots of quarters. I ended up missing out on a lot of sightseeing because I wasn't prepared.
3) Use the crosswalks, but always use caution and common sense. Believe it or not, cars will stop for pedestrians (sometimes not right away, but they will stop eventually if they see you waiting.)
4) People are generally nice. Like really nice. Like scary nice. It's nice.
Now, back to what actually brought me to Laguna Beach. What lured me to the mountainous, oceanfront beauty that is Laguna Beach?
Yarn. It's that simple. I was lured there by yarn. When you're a knitter, one of the first things you will do is find the local yarn shops. For me, it was Strands and Stitches. It was a bright, beautiful, friendly shop filled floor to ceiling with every type of deliciously coloured fiber. It was gorgeous!
After looking around with Dona and picking out a couple different yarns that I was debating on purchasing, she found a yarn that matched my eyes. One look, one feel and it was all over.
400 beautiful, silky, sensual yards of Hand Maiden SeaSilk. Holding it as a hank of yarn was one thing. When Dona wound it for me into a cake...oh, it became a work of art worthy of framing. I think it really matches me eyes, don't you?
This won't stay as a beautiful cake forever though. This yarn will make it's way to becoming Fragile Heart. A wonderful recommendation (again, from Dona at S&S.)
After all of this, my mom and I were talking about my trip to Laguna. It went something like this:
Mom: Did you go to the beach?
Me: Yeah. I bought some yarn and a pattern.
Mom: So you went to the beach to buy yarn???? Really?
Me: In my defense, the yarn is made from seaweed.
I don't think she bought it. Til next time! -Erika
1) Drive. Very. Carefully. Driving on the West Coast is completely different than driving on the East. This was not the first time I've driven on the freeways, and they still scare me. And there are a lot of hills, for those manual transmission types.
2) When you park in Laguna Beach, if you're planning to stay for a while, bring lots, and I do mean lots of quarters. I ended up missing out on a lot of sightseeing because I wasn't prepared.
3) Use the crosswalks, but always use caution and common sense. Believe it or not, cars will stop for pedestrians (sometimes not right away, but they will stop eventually if they see you waiting.)
4) People are generally nice. Like really nice. Like scary nice. It's nice.
Now, back to what actually brought me to Laguna Beach. What lured me to the mountainous, oceanfront beauty that is Laguna Beach?
Yarn. It's that simple. I was lured there by yarn. When you're a knitter, one of the first things you will do is find the local yarn shops. For me, it was Strands and Stitches. It was a bright, beautiful, friendly shop filled floor to ceiling with every type of deliciously coloured fiber. It was gorgeous!
After looking around with Dona and picking out a couple different yarns that I was debating on purchasing, she found a yarn that matched my eyes. One look, one feel and it was all over.
400 beautiful, silky, sensual yards of Hand Maiden SeaSilk. Holding it as a hank of yarn was one thing. When Dona wound it for me into a cake...oh, it became a work of art worthy of framing. I think it really matches me eyes, don't you?
This won't stay as a beautiful cake forever though. This yarn will make it's way to becoming Fragile Heart. A wonderful recommendation (again, from Dona at S&S.)
After all of this, my mom and I were talking about my trip to Laguna. It went something like this:
Mom: Did you go to the beach?
Me: Yeah. I bought some yarn and a pattern.
Mom: So you went to the beach to buy yarn???? Really?
Me: In my defense, the yarn is made from seaweed.
I don't think she bought it. Til next time! -Erika
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