After a surprisingly intensive application and screening process, there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel: I am (almost) a volunteer at OTMH, in the role of Knitting Instructor for the Adult Mental Health Day Program. Hooray! ​

The official offer was delivered to my inbox on Thursday, June 22nd, and just one week later I was attending a comprehensive volunteer orientation.

Now, all that's left to do is wait for the lab tests to come back. If I don't have T.B. (God, I hope not!), I'll be cleared for service and can start sharing the love of knitting--and its therapeutic benefits--with a brand new audience. Oh, the anticipation! I'm nervous, excited, and very, very honoured. 

It's a good thing we have super-boxes, because if the mail man had brought this directly to my door, I'd have kissed him, and things would have gotten weird. 

But, seriously, is there anything better than a pink package of Air Mail, and a pretty gauze bag brimming with pure, undyed, Baby Alpaca? Yes, that was rhetorical.

A new pattern is coming--one never seen in my Raverly shop. And, by Fall, the finished hats will be available to purchase. Ok, I have to go wind these babies...I can't believe I waited this long! 

Hmm…not baaaaad?