I've been crafting in my spare time.

Making hat bands for morris hats is a nice way of having small projects for me to try out techniques.

Here's the crochet hat band (worn by me):



And the tablet woven hat band (modelled by my husband, Richard, who isn't actually a morris man, but really looks the part):




I may post more about tablet weaving. It's an interesting technique and needs very little in the way of equipment.  Namely: a pack of playing cards, scissors, a ruler and a hole punch, plus yarn.  A strong belt, a shuttle  and a small clamp are handy, but not essential.