By contrast, here's a more mindless but still engaging WIP:
It's the reversible cable scarf from the aforementioned Cables Untangled by Melissa Leapman. Great, straightforward pattern. The yarn is Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted in the colorway Mother Lode. Just look at the sheen and stitch definition!
I am about to sit on a plane to Las Vegas for 3 hours and I intend to work on this almost the whole time. Might be done when I get home from my trip ...