Knitting on flights

**Southsider** · 26-04-2005, 16:52

I have been asked are knitting needles allowed on the plane?

Can anyone answer this for me please??[msnsmile2]

**Thorogoods** · 26-04-2005, 16:57

Hi Trica have just found this on the BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4407305.stm

not sure about US policy .

**pieman790** · 26-04-2005, 17:19

Just checked the US side of things and it would appear you can take them now.
Just click here to see what else they allow

http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlib...-1-2005_v2.pdf

**Lisa C** · 26-04-2005, 17:44

I'm quite intrigued in the amount of things you can bring in your hand luggage. Toy guns I thought were a big no no and corkscrews. Although why eyelash curlers are on the list at all is a mystery to me.

**ellie** · 26-04-2005, 17:47

Imagine that eyelash curlers could be quite a threat, Lisa C. Just think, you could threaten to curl the Captain's eyelashes and unless it is a woman, I imagine this would be quite a frightening prospect!

**SunLover** · 26-04-2005, 18:28

It does seem odd that just as folks are getting used to travelling on planes without these items that there is a rule change, and a whole new set of standards.

I personally don't feel it's a good idea.

We spend (relatively) so little time on board an aircraft, that if we can't go without certain objects for a few hours in order to raise the level of security for everyone, then it's a sad state of affairs.

**steph_goodrum** · 26-04-2005, 18:43

"We spend (relatively) so little time on board an aircraft, that if we can't go without certain objects for a few hours in order to raise the level of security for everyone, then it's a sad state of affairs."

Chris you'd be amazed how productive those 9 hours can be though. On our last flight pre 9-11 I knitted a cardigan for a friends baby girl who was due a week after we got home. Had just finished sewing it up when we landed (the stewardess was quite impressed) and its surprising how much less boring the flight is when you can do something like that.

I can't quite understand how tweezers can be more dangerous than knitting needles though.

**chrizzy100** · 26-04-2005, 18:55

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by steph_goodrum
"We spend (relatively) so little time on board an aircraft, that if we can't go without certain objects for a few hours in order to raise the level of security for everyone, then it's a sad state of affairs."

Chris you'd be amazed how productive those 9 hours can be though. On our last flight pre 9-11 I knitted a cardigan for a friends baby girl who was due a week after we got home. Had just finished sewing it up when we landed (the stewardess was quite impressed) and its surprising how much less boring the flight is when you can do something like that.

I can't quite understand how tweezers can be more dangerous than knitting needles though.
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Maybe they look at the people carrying them.....a lady with knitting needles would seem normal..........a guy with them would ring bells and bring up questions.....