Hello and welcome to the RETX podcast.

Today is Monday, January 6th, 2014, and Charlene and I are already giggling.

So it might be one of those kind of podcasts.

It was an interesting start.

This is the third start.

I'm Gail.

And I'm Charlene.

And we are happy to be back after the holidays.

We are.

It's been a while since we've recorded a regular episode about a month.

And we're thrilled that you all loved hearing from

Brooke Sinus of sincere sheep. She was a fabulous guest and she had lots of information to share

with us and we were thrilled to share that interview with you. And I'm looking forward to seeing

her at Stitches in February. At Stitches West in February. Yeah it's only only about six or seven weeks away. We have to get our game plan. Yeah, I'm like a child waiting for Disneyland vacation to get here. Ooh, how many days I'm ready to start marking them off on the calendar. It's better than Christmas. I know, I'm so excited. So excited. But anyway, so what are you wearing? I am wearing something that I have completed in the past month. Well, actually, I've just completed it within the last week. My Ease pullover sweater by Alicia Plummer. And I will, this sweater has been quite a little journey. Actually, not the sweater, but the yarn has taken quite a journey.

And I will talk about that in a later section.

What are you wearing, Gail?

I'm also wearing something I've finished since we last recorded.

I'm wearing my Audrey and Ernst sweater, which is a pattern by Goodron Johnston.

And it was in Twist Collective, I think, in 2010,

quite a long time ago, and had been in my queue for many a year. And I finally cast it on,

and I love it. So I am wearing Audrey Announced. And on top of that, I'm wearing my stripy scarf

that I finished last year year that is super warm and

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