Materials: 3 skeins Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud in Midnight. Pattern: Hanami Stole. Size 3 bamboo needles. About 120 grams translucent gray size 6/0 glass seed beads from beadFX. Time: Three months. Cost: $16.50, yarn.

Materials: 1.5 yards bamboo-rayon/cotton jersey in Linen Red. Pattern based on the raglan-sleeved top in Sew U Home Stretch. Time: Two evenings. Cost: $9.

Materials: 2 skeins Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in Devon. Size 1 needles. Pattern: Sunday Swing Socks. Time: A couple of months. Cost: $20.

Materials: 2 skeins Malabrigo Yarn Sock in Lettuce.  Size 3 needles.  Pattern: Featherweight Cardigan. Time: A couple of months. Cost: $40.

Materials: 1-point-something yards red quilting print and 1/4 yard black broadcloth from JoAnn’s; invisible zipper; McCall’s 5584. Time: Two evenings. Cost: $15.

Materials: 2.5 yards cheapo navy-and-white cotton sateen from Fashion Fabrics Club; invisible zipper; New Look 6557. Time: A couple of weeks, largely making futile and ill-advised changes to muslins. Cost: $10 fabric; $20 belt.

Materials: 1 skein Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud (100% Baby Alpaca) in Cha Cha. Size 5 needles. Pattern: Citron. Time: A month. Cost: $4 USD.

Materials: 4 skeins Knit Picks City Tweed HW (55% Merino wool, 25% superfine alpaca, 20% Donegal tweed) in Toad. Size 9 needles. Pattern: Palindrome Reversible Cable Scarf. Time: Several months, mostly dormant. Cost: $32 USD.