obsession fun

I'm sure I'm doing all the things the newly obsessed knitter does. I have a binder (3-inch!) full of free patterns I downloaded from the internet, and I have a stack of knitting books from the library. I've already decided which ones I will eventually buy (there's quite a list.) I've subscribed to the Knitlist and the Knitty board, and while I mostly lurk, I did post my first question today. I'm looking for a substitution to Classic Elite Gatsby, for a hat I hope to knit for my brother.