Denny and I started the New Year out with an early morning hike with friends at beautiful Russian Ridge in San Mateo County (SF Bay Area). The weather was quite cold – in the 30s (F), but warmed up as the hike progressed. In the pictures below, I’m wearing Cat Bordhi’s “Arctic Anemone Hat” and my own version of some “Anemone Gloves” that I knitted last May. It was finally cold enough to wear them on New Year’s Day. And Denny loves the outrageous hat I knitted and gave him for Christmas. He actually requested it. On this chilly morning, I know his hat and my hand-knitted scarf kept his ears warm. If you’d like to see more of my pictures from this hike, here’s the link.

I made Cat Bordhi’s “Everyday Anemone Hat” in March 2012 using King Cole “Twist” yarn. See this post for info:
http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-70289-1.html#1278388

Cat’s “Arctic Anemone Hat” (pictured in this post) uses chunky yarn. I chose Sirdar Escape in colorway “Stillness 177” which I ordered from www.deramores.com. It knits up very quickly. I can’t remember how many balls I used for the hat and gloves, but I ordered 6 balls. I did the moebius band in Cat’s pattern on both of my hats. But somehow I always end up wearing it with the moebius in the back. I did include one picture of the moebius.

You may purchase Cat Bordhi’s “Anemone Hat” pattern for $7. by clicking on the “here” link on this Web page:

http://catbordhi.com/patterns/anenome-hats-for-children-a...

The pattern covers all sizes from baby through adult, and has two styles – the “Everyday Anemone Hat” (worsted weight yarn) and the “Arctic Anemone Hat” (chunky yarn with more closely spaced tendrils).

I made up my own version of her hat using fingering yarn on Denny’s hat. Send me a PM if you’re interested in details about that. You can read about Denny’s hat in these two posts:

http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-99229-1.html#1876382

http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-134304-1.html

“Anemone Gloves” are my adaptation of a free pattern by Stephen Hughes-Jelen who took an idea from James Innes. So it’s a conglomeration of ideas. Since I’m an amateur photographer, I intentionally made holes in the index fingers. I see no reason for the flaps mentioned in the pattern. No cold air gets into the holes, and any flaps would only detract from the appearance of the gloves.

You may download the free glove pattern and notes for my “Anemone Variation” by clicking on the “Download” links in this post:

http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-137973-1.html