Often in the summer months, crochet, sewing and other craft projects take a back seat until the cooler darker evenings draw in but this summer the projects have been rolling on. It's what I do when we're watching TV in the evening (I try and stop myself from doing them in the day or I wouldn't get anything done!)
I must admit with all the lovely weather we've had this summer that the allotment plot did get plenty of attention and I've got some cracking crops to show for it, especially the 1.2kg Ram's Kodu Squash. But I'm sure lots about them will feature in a gardening post.
The biggest project I have on the go right now is a crochet rug being made out of T-shirt yarn and a 10mm hook. I'm spending a fortune on eBay for the yarn - I think it'll be about £100 in materials by the time I finish but it will be the cosiest rug we've ever had when I finish and I'm not far from the finish line. Hubby will be happy as he wanted me to make it for a more draft proof hall this winter. It's been a long project and I've found the best place to crochet it is on the bed as it's so big, bulky and heavy now. It is 64 stitches wide and will be about 2 metres long when I finally finish. As long as it's finished by October we'll all be very happy. It's the first time I've tackled Tshirt yarn as a material - you need muscles for it and there's a fair bit of yanking involved! My other big project is the crochet mood blanket. If you're into your crochet and have an Instagram account, chances are you will be taking part in or will have heard about the crochet mood blanket. 
The idea is to make one granny square a day for your blanket and by the end of the year you will have a crochet mood blanket. Some people crochet a colour depending on their mood - I started to do that but quickly gravitated to crochet the colour I was most drawn to and which went with the other colours nearby the best. 
I visited a lot of friends London way over the summer so train journeys were fantastic to catch up on my mood blanket squares. I'm mostly behind (I'm currently a week behind on schedule) but it's a lovely project and my bedroom will be so full of bright colours when I finish. It started making me thinking what other things I can make with lots of granny squares. Our household may start filling with brightly coloured cushions in the same style as the crochet mood blanket.
In between all the crafting and gardening, we managed to squeeze in an 8 day trip to France to visit my 91 year old grandmother. She was very chuffed and found it curious that I wanted to see pictures of my great grandfathers. My curiosity was sparked with all the talk of the first world war and I wanted to know what my great grandfathers that fought in the war looked like as we never get to meet that generation. As we were passing through villages in France there were a few that were decorated for village festivals. I will definitely take some inspirations from these. They look like they were made with paper tissues.
There was a wedding over the summer and one of my colleagues got married. I just didn't know what to make as a wedding gift. Pinterest came to my rescue, I googled lots of coaster images until I stumbled onto some pictures which inspired me to make these. I think the picture that inspired me was from Craftsy.com. If you like making flowers these are easy to make. It's all based on trebles and experiment until you find the right amount for the row and the space. So for example, the first row is trebles (I think about 20). The second row is two trebles a chain or two chains space (depending on what yarn you are using). The next row is 3 trebles and a chain or two space and the fourth row - I experimented a bit to get the flower effect with half treble, treble, double treble, treble, half treble. There is a slip stitch in between petals.
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