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

Fri Feb 17 23:56:16 UTC 2012

what a cool story you have Terry! Small world, isn't it!
Have you been back there? It is really a wonderful place.  Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
flying

> Can you believe, I lived there for 2 years, after I was adopted.  We lived 
> in Rio Piedres, outside of San Juan.  I moved to MD when I was about six. 
> I used to be fluent in Spanish.   I took it up in school.  Its remembering 
> all those words.
>
> Terry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:38 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
> flying
>
> What are you reaching out for in PR?
> I am there every year in March or April. No summers in PR for me!  We love
> PR. I used to teach a course at the college on Puerto Rican culture - it 
> is
> a very special place. Very very wonderful people, great art galleries and
> museums, and architecture that is spectacular. and, the food - delicious! 
> I
> took students there every year, and now that I am retired my husband and I
> go every year. this year we will take my sister and her husband along. We
> love taking people there and showing them the special places all over the
> island.  Yes, I will be knitting on the way there, knitting when I am
> sitting in the town squares, and knitting on the way home! I always knit
> something really nice to wear when I leave for the journey to PR.
>
> 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 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and
> flying
>
>
> Have a good time in Puerto Rico! I've been lucky to be able to go on an
> outreach trip there for the past two summers. Leave it to me to go to 
> Puerto
> Rico in August! But, I loved it!
>
>
> Heather Kirkwood
> Director of Outreach, Vice President
> Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
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> Oyster Bay, NY 11771
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> --- 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, 2:24 PM
>
>
> No idea. I just know I lost my needles if Frankfurt because theyw ere
> straight ones. Sooooo, I never intend to lose them again. and, flying as a
> blind person is not a very nice thing to do anyway if you are alone - they
> can be so nasty to you that you think you are a criminal - and you are
> treated as one, too. So I take no chances on anything that even remotely
> might cause me a problem any more. I'll be leaving for puerto rico shortly
> with my circular needles. 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 2:34 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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