Thursday 22 April 2010

EMERGENCY! (Can you bring knitting needles on a flight to the U.S?



My friend is travelling to the U.S. tomorrow morning. She's an eager new knitter who is making a cute jacket for the baby she's expecting. And she'd love to bring her knitting needles to get through all the waiting on airports and to knit while onboard the plane. Will she be allowed to bring her needles (thin, double pointed needles in metal)? I wasn't sure what to advise her. Do you know the rules? She's flying KLM from Norway.

Totally unrelated photos: Filip's birthday gift (which I've been meaning to show you for some time) from his grandma: Incredibly cute mittens and felted booties. My mother-in-law is a great knitter. I feel blessed to have many knitters in my family, it's wonderful sharing my love for knitting with them. I love knitting with my mother-in-law, my grandmother or my mother when I visit them. Ah, the flow of creative juices!

5 comments:

  1. Så søte! Vottene er jo bare helt fantastiske! Kanskje det er et par sånne gutta mine skal få til vinteren :-)

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  2. When knitters I know travel, they always make sure they have started the piece first, so it is already on the needles. As far as I know, then they have never had a problem. I have heard of empty needles being taken. Good luck!

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  3. double pointed needles are allowed as long as they are shorter then 20 cm :) may be smart to start the knitting work before the flight, yes!

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  4. Hurra! Du vant i bloggen min! Fint om du kan sende meg en adresse på mirrevirrehobby@yahoo.no

    Ha en fin søndag!

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  5. I traveled with circular needles and never had a problem. I usually pick bamboo or wooden one just in case

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