No Lace on the Plane

I thought I would be traveling yesterday, flying across the country, and spent a bit of time before thinking about what to knit on the plane. The lacy Swallowtail just would not do--too intricate a pattern and too easy to lose some stitches on a bumpy flight. Mindless knitting is what I needed, and dishcloths weren't sounding exciting, so I cast on a hat for my husband. So far it's easy k3, p2 ribbing. The trip didn't work out, so now I have two just-started projects hanging around.

The hat is Jacques Cousteau.