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.

Materials: About 19 skeins Knit Picks Telemark (100% Peruvian Highland Wool), 15 skeins in Black, 3 skeins in Drift, 1 skein in Poppy.  Size 2 and size 3 needles. Pattern: Graphic Hoodie from Knitting Classic Style. Time: 6 weeks, mostly during the Olympics. Cost: $38 (provided that I’m remembering the skein count correctly).

Materials: 4 skeins Knit Picks Telemark (100% Peruvian Highland Wool), 2 in Drift and 2 in Deep Navy. Size 0 and size 1 needles. Pattern: a fusion of Norwegian Totoro Mittens and Anemoi Mittens. Time: Coupla weeks. Cost: $8.