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

Sun Feb 19 20:45:14 UTC 2012

YES, of course you can come.
Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
flying


> Oh, how fun!  Can I come?  Please, please, please, please!  *laughing*
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
> www.saharscreations.com
> Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saharscreations
> And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
> Michael Jordan
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: River Woman
>  To: List for blind crafters and artists
>  Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 3:38 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
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>
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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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