Beach Knitting

KAS modeling my 2008 garter stitch stole which I finished while sitting on the beach.


Saturday was spent at New Brighton State Beach just south of Santa Cruz with KAS, EAS and their parents. Their mother had planned this for last weekend but then we had that freak rain early last Saturday morning. The forecast was for possible showers throughout the day, so we decided to cancel. At the time we thought we had probably missed the boat, that the fine weather could not possibly continue for another week. But surprisingly enough, it did. We arrived just before noon and it was beautifully sunny with no wind. Then we spotted the fog building down by Monterey. It crept slowly north, then another patch started creeping south from Santa Cruz. By 2pm, we were socked in; no sun but no wind either, so it wasn't too cold. The fog didn't deter other people either. They just kept coming until the beach was really quite crowded.



Leo got the last of our salami.

We left about 3 o'clock and drove up to Capitola to Judy's Sewing Center. I had heard that they carry the new Janome quilting foot and bobbin holder, which are supposed to make free motion quilting easier and better looking. However, it turned out that they only had them at the parent store in Scotts Valley. By this time I really didn't want to go home without, so we drove over to Scotts Valley and bought both. I'm anxious to try them out - hopefully tomorrow.



By the time we got back to Highway One we were getting hungry again, so decided to go home via Moss Landing and get a bowl of clam chowder at Phil's. They make the best! There were signs all over the place saying that the Food Network will be filming there on 10/26 and 10/27 .
Their website says that the episode will be shown on Nov. 19 at 4am. I don't know why the early hour but I'm sure it'll be shown again and again.






Husband also ordered a cannolli for dessert. I think he's had his eye on this item for a long time but usually is too full after his meal to even think about dessert. But tonight he planned ahead.

Don't forget your free taco at Taco Bell - Tuesday October 28 from 2pm till 6pm!