<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the feminist librarian]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://thefeministlibrarian.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Anna Clutterbuck-Cook]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefeministlibrarian.com/author/feministlib/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Winter Break Knitting (1 of&nbsp;2)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/3a084-balaclava_2.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/3a084-balaclava_2.jpg?w=224" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295625246066408482" border="0" /></a>While I was in Michigan for the Christmas holidays, I received several gift certificates to the local knitting shop, <a href="http://www.friendsofwool.com/">Friends of Wool</a>, which enabled me to stock up on some lovely knitting supplies before returning to Boston.  Thanks to leisure time during the winter break, and the (coughcough) responsibility of making my way through seasons of <span style="font-style:italic;">Torchwood</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Dr. Who</span>, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Primeval</span>.  One of those projects was this balaclava, which I finished last week.</p>
<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/6f693-balaclava_1.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/6f693-balaclava_1.jpg?w=235" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295625296114234402" border="0" /></a><br />Hanna says it makes me look like a mentholated cherry cough drop.  The only response I can make in my own defense is that it <span style="font-style:italic;">does</span> keep my ears warm out on Comm Ave while I&#8217;m waiting for the T!</p>
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