Knitting Resolutions 2008

Since I’m in a resolution-making mood, I’ve made a fiber-related list.

1. Purge my stash. My clothes are having a turf war with the yarn stash. The clothes won the hall closet, but the stash seems to be winning the bedroom closet.

2. Knit a lace shawl/stole. I’ve wanted to do this for months, now. I have the yarn and recently found a fantastic pattern.

3. Knit something from a pattern by Elizabeth Zimmerman. It’ll be nice to try something new.

4. Knit something from a pattern found online. I’m one of those renegade knitters who rarely uses patterns, so this one is to keep me a little disciplined.

5. Attend at least two knitting gatherings per month. I really enjoy these, but whenever I get really busy, I stop attending. This year I plan to attend no matter how busy I become.

6. Finish six unfinished objects by the end of February. I’ll feel relief and accomplishment and have some new things to wear.

What’s in a name?

I really wanted to name this blog “The opinionated knitter” because, well, that's what I am, but I was afraid that a horde of hardcore Elizabeth Zimmerman devotees would accuse me of sacrilege and show up in the night waving bludgeon clubs and burning torches.

How did I decide on La Guaria del Bosque? Well, I am originally from Costa Rica, where the national flower is the Guaria Morada, an orchid which grows in great abundance all over Central America (there are approximately 1,400 orchid species in Costa Rica alone). I now live in the Washington, DC area. Outside my balcony there is about half an acre of trees that look like a little forest. I absolutely adore my balcony view. And so, I like to think of myself as an orchid of the forest, thus La Guaria del Bosque. [Photo by Oscar Chacón.]

By the way, if you have any questions, requests, advice, complaints, compliments, please leave a comment.
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When I lived in Connecticut I used to be on the local board of directors for Hostelling International. One of my fellow board members was a German woman who learned how to drive after she moved to the United States, therefore, despite being a fluent speaker of German, she only knew the parts of the car engine in English. Likewise, since I learned how to knit in the U.S., my knitting terminology is mostly limited to English. I hope you’ll understand.