Rosepole mittens and matching hat

Rosepole mittens:
pattern: cast-on that Nancy Bush calls "Liidia's braid cast-on" (from Folk Knitting in Estonia)
Rosepole pattern from The Mitten Book by Inger and Ingrid Gottfridsson
mitten 1: December 5-9, 2005 (without thumb); thumb completed December 29, 2005
mitten 2: December 12-23, 2005 (without thumb); thumb completed January 4, 2006

Hat
Fair-isle pattern from Folk Mittens; hat pattern is based on the "Colorwork Hat and Mittens" by Rebecca Harris from Interweave Knits, Fall 2003.
started: January 4, 2006
finished: January 18, 2006