Materials: 2 skeins Knit Picks Palette (100% Peruvian Highland Wool), 1 in White and 1 in Pimento. Size 1 needles. Pattern: Snowbird, originally from the Fall 2008 issue of Vogue Knitting. Time: Three weeks. Cost: $4!

Materials: 1 skein Tahki Donegal Tweed (100% Pure New Wool) in Black (890). Size 5 needles. Pattern: Dashing. Time: A couple of weeks, largely dormant. Cost: $20 for two balls of yarn, one of which I didn’t use.

Materials: 1.5 skeins Elann Peruvian Highland Donegal (90% Highland Wool/ 10% Donegal) in Slate (1147). Size 10 and 11 needles. Pattern: Star Crossed Slouchy Beret. Time: 2 nights! Cost: Free.

Materials: Knit Picks Telemark (100% Peruvian Highland Wool): two skeins each of Reindeer Heather and Drift; one skein each of Cardinal and Passion Heather.  Size 0 (!) needles.  Pattern: Squirrelly Swedish Mittens. Time: A month. Cost: $13

Materials: Leftover Knitpicks Comfy Worsted (75% Pima Cotton, 25% Acrylic) in Silver Sage and Marlin. Size 3 circular needles and DPNs. Pattern: Daphne and Delilah the Momma and Baby Monster from Danger Crafts. Time: A couple of weeks. Cost: Handmade items are priceless, you know.

Materials: See the original post. Time: A couple of evenings. Cost: Redacted–another gift!

Materials: 3 skeins of Knitpicks Palette (100% Peruvian Highland Wool) in Asphalt Heather, Clematis Heather, and Green Tea Heather. Size 0 circular needles. Pattern: Vinterblomster Mittens. Time: Several months, largely hibernating. Cost: Redacted–they’re a gift!

Materials: 2 skeins of Malabrigo Worsted (100% Merino Wool) in Amoroso from Supercrafty. Size 9 needles. Time: Several weeks. Cost: Just over $20.