February 22, 2006 Travel Knitting

Although I'm in the midst of two projects (socks and shrug), I'm going to China on March 20 and am already contemplating the perfect travel knitting project for such a long plane ride (and probably some bus rides as well). I will probably be bringing either my sockapaloooza socks or another pair, but it seems like a good opportunity to get a bunch of work done on a larger project. Spouse has been angling for a sweater and I'm thinking about doing one with the Andre intarsia pattern from knitty (it was originally done for a scarf, but I think it would work well on a sweater). I just need to find a pattern for a nice, plain stockinette sweater- possibly one with a 1/2 zip neck. I'd like to do this in a sturdy cotton yarn if possible, although I haven't found one I like yet.