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

Sat Feb 18 21:22:18 UTC 2012

Can I come, too.

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramona Walhof [mailto:ramona.walhof at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:33 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and flying

Lynda, do you have space in your bag for an extra person?

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:38 PM
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
> 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, 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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