Here I am wearing my most recent knitted thing, knit in the wild in the woods where I live.  I love this pattern, and have made two of these so far, knitting up so intricately, yet the pattern seemed somehow easy.  I was really blown away at how it came together. Made with mostly Virtual Yarns Hebridean 2ply , and also Elemental Affects Shetland.  The pattern suggests for a red rooted version, this colorway is called ‘Beet Heid’ as as the neeps are more deep maroon or crimson, as I have made below, from yarns I had on hand . . .

That little pin cushion is the embroidery sampler my grandmother taught me when I was 10 years old, or maybe younger.   I found it in a box recently, of things from my childhood, and decided to actually use it, to hold blocking pins, and not having tossed it in the years of my disregarding youth. 

Anyway , here is the pattern for  Neep Heid Tam.