[Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and flying

[River Woman]

Yes, I have taken college students to many places in the US, and PR, and 
Europe every year for a very long time. I have stories!  There are some who 
work for airlines and airports that must lay awake at night thinking up new 
things to do to unsuspecting passengers. The skies are really NOT so 
friendly. And, it has nothing to do with actual security. I do like the 
German airports the best, (Munich is my all time favorite) and Lufthansa has 
almost always been a great company to fly with for our students.

Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heather Kirkwood" <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
flying


Grin - my dad retired recently. He was an airline pilot. TSA used to give 
him a hard time too about stuff in his shaving kit, as if he's going to 
hijack himself! I got in trouble one time for taking photos out of the 
window of the airplane as we landed. So silly!


Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
1 (800) 789-9HPS
www.hpsnetwork.org

Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com

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HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012

--- On Fri, 2/17/12, Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
flying
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, February 17, 2012, 2:16 PM


As for safety, I think the knitting needles are not sharp enough to be too 
scarey. If they really wanted to prevent all danger, they would not permit 
matches or lighters. With so many people so close together, both passengers 
and crew are watchingl. If a person is doing something that looks dangerous, 
it will be questioned quickly.
That is why they want to eliminate all possibilities for bombs, but less 
concerned about scissors and knitting needles.
Ramona

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Kirkwood" <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
flying


Okay, dumb question - why are the circular ones okay but the other ones 
aren't? I'm using circular ones anyway, but geesh, if you really wanted to 
do something rotten, I'd think it could be accompished either way. 
Hmmmm..grin!


Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
1 (800) 789-9HPS
www.hpsnetwork.org

Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com

Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your 
charity!

HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012

--- On Fri, 2/17/12, River Woman <riverwoman at zoominternet.net> wrote:


From: River Woman <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
flying
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, February 17, 2012, 1:16 PM


Take ONLY circular needles to be sure they don't get taken away from you! 
And, I take a letter opener instead of scissor to be sure I don't lose my 
scissor, too.
I knit everywhere I travel - the only place I had any trouble with knitting 
needles was in Frankfort, GR. but I do not take any chances - I use 
circulars because I know there will be no problems. Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Kirkwood" <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:57 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and flying


I've taken up knitting just in the last month (as mentioned in the last 
post.) I'm about to leave again for another month on the road. I'll be 
spending a lot of time in airplanes and airports and want to take my 
knitting with me. Will TSA give me any hassle about the needles?


Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
1 (800) 789-9HPS
www.hpsnetwork.org

Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com

Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your 
charity!

HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012
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