Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

This is episode number 245, which we are recording on Friday, May 21st, 2021.

I'm Gail.

And I'm Charlene.

And it's my father's birthday today. It seems like we often record on

significant days on my calendar. And also, it's been an exciting week. So we'll be sharing bits and

pieces of that. So what are you wearing? I am wearing right now and I am actually wearing my beacon sweater.

It's gorgeous. That's the bunny yarn, right? This is the bunny yarn. I can see the halo because there's sunshine behind Charlene so I can see this perfect halo on her beautiful beacon.

Yeah, and actually, now that you've mentioned there's sunshine behind me, I just want to mention this is actually the first time we have ever recorded an episode this early in the morning.

Yeah, it's 8.30 our time approximately.

Yeah.

And it's Friday, which is late in the week for us, which is part of the exciting week. So I need today to edit.

Yes, and we just need to get the episode recorded and get to work on it so that we can get it out to you,

our lovely listeners. And speaking of that, before I forget, sorry to interrupt what you're wearing,

handsome fibers is having a 15% off sale through Monday. So if you happen to listen to this over the

weekend, they're having a 15% off sale and they have great knitting needles. They do. I often buy

my interchangeable tips there because they always seem to be in stock. Yep. And cables and

if you're if you need some needles hit them up. So back to Beacon. Back to Beacon. Beacon is a

Dolman style batwing sweater by Shelley Anderson and Gail mentioned the bunny yarn that I used which is

only number one. It is let's see if I can scroll up here. I wanted to give the percentages right.

It is 75% merino, 25% Angora. So it does have a really nice

little halo going to it. And we've had a bit of a cold spell and a lot of wind. So I have been

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