Granny Bee visits the Fabric Store!

I've been making a few Grannies.....

and just not liking them. Oohhh they're ok, but I don't like the maroonish yarn at all...it's too fuzzy. I just felt like my afghan needed some ooomph.

So I decided to go to the Fabric Store, that sells yarn, since I had a couple of coupons for 40 & 50 percent off. And here I go again...getting all confused.

pinks...purples....blues....can't remember the colors in the rug...

So I have all this yarn laid out on the floor at the fab store,with these two grannies, needing some serious help, and my cell phone rings...it's the Granny Bee!

http://bethsmnstfolkart.blogspot.com/

She is out and about....and needed some yarn....so she came to my rescue!

But before helping me, she walks in and picks up three skeins of yarn, quicker than you can snap your fingers. Just like that. And apparently I must have given her a look because she said, "I need it to bind my rug." I'm thinking...yeah..but how do you KNOW those are the colors you want when there are four rows of yarn here? And did you even look at the end caps?" But I didn't say that because I don't have the time for both of us to be confused.

So she gets her yarn, sets down her purse, whips out her cell phone, brings up my blog, and starts matching yarn with my rug from the picture of it that I posted.

"Do you have any mustard color at home Cindy?," she says.

"Mustard? Nope, don't think so." I say.

"You need mustard."

"I do?"

She hands me her phone.

I do.

These are the colors I need to match the rug and give the afghan more oomph.

So I buy it, come home, and look right there in that basket! For the love of God and all that is holy...it's mustard! (is it ok if I say that? I saw it in the comment section on the Queen's blog and I liked it http://thepalacepost.blogspot.com/2011/01/alert.html)

Mustard?

Hello?

Right there in the basket, in front of the couch that I sit on every night. {sigh}

I remember now. I used it for these.

But it doesn't match as well as the color we matched up with her phone pic, which is actually called "honey"....I even love the name...honey...The Granny Bee helped the Bee Lady pick out the color honey.... Sweet....it's right there in the middle...

And would you look at this....they match the rug perfectly! ('cept for the mustard-on the end)

Even Sweeter! So I'm gonna make a few more grannies and let y'all know how it goes.

Stay tuned for more about our fab store visit in the next post.

Cindy Bee