Every Easter holiday of my childhood was spent within the Cairngorm mountains in theScottish Highlands. Skiing if there was snow, hiking and biking if there was not. It conjures up memories of the sound of wind in the Caledonian forests, the earthy smell of peat bogs and pine sap, with cosy cottages to come back to after a long day on the hill.

Time spent in the Cairngorms is closely linked to our old family friend Myrtle Simpson, an Arctic and Antarctic explorer, spirited and very much still to the fore even in her eighties.This headband has been designed with Myrtle in mind and takes inspiration from the purple and pink heather, grey-green lichen, peat and granite rock of the Cairngorms.

Yarn
Birlinn Yarn Company 4 Ply 100% wool Approx. 150m (164yds) per 50g ball
MC: 1 x 50g ball shade Peaty Brown (12g/36m) CC1: 1 x 50g ball shade Haar (7g/21m)
CC2: 1 x 50g ball shade Shillay (2g/6m)
CC3: 1 x 50g ball shade Sea Pink (5g/15m)

Needles & Accessories
3.5mm / US4 knitting dpns or 50cm circular needles
4mm / US6 knitting dpns or 50cm circular needles Needle for sewing in ends
1 stitch marker

Headband Size
Circumference 54cm (21.3in) Laid flat 27cm (10.6in)
Depth 10cm (4in)