The Sunflower Tam was knit in a day, then spent another two blocking and drying:

It’s turned out the right size, but slouchy. Probably due to using a yarn thinner than the specified one. I’m finding I like the slouchiness.

In fact, I’m now thinking maybe I’ll try out Le Slouch by Wendy of Knit and Tonic.

I couldn’t resist taking this photo of the hats blocking:

The Koolhaas hasn’t grown in size after blocking, it just turns out The Head is smaller than my head. In fact, Koolhaas now fits perfectly.

But I may be over the accessory obsession (accession? obsessory?). I’ve settled on a Knitting Nature pattern to knit for Knit From Your Books. I’m going to knit the Swirled Pentagon Pullover. My stash spreadsheet came in handy for this. I just went down the total grams column, noted the batches of yarn large enough to make a full garment, then cut back the selection to ones around the right weight, and settled on some white Naturally Sensation. Which happens to be an angora/wool mix, just like the specified yarn.

I tell you what, though. It sheds like crazy.

I also did some sock knitting. Shock! Horror! Aside from about 15 rows of ribbing, I haven’t knit a sock since November last year. That’s nearly five months. Only trouble is, the pattern isn’t coming out right. It’s was a Magknits pattern – Rainbow Socks. (Edited to add: you can now find the pattern here.) I’m going to google around for errata, and check Ravelry. But I understand the gist of the pattern, so if I can’t find any explanation I reckon I could probably fudge a solution.