As Bev said, check the webpage of the airline(s) you are traveling on. Most of them allow knitting these days, but some do restrict it to plastic or wood needles, not metal. On the chance that some inspector got fussy and refused to let you have them, take old ones that you can lose without sorrow. In a pinch, you could pull the needles out of the knitting, and pick up the stitches later with others.
Take a book with you...one that you can throw away after reading. And take your eye-mask to cover your eyes so you can hopefully get a bit of sleep on the long flight. Claim a pillow and blanket as soon as you get on board since they never have enough to go around. On my recent trip, I took a cardboard Kumihimo circle and made a bright cording/braid. I have a lot of fancy thick threads on little cardboard embroidery bobbins, and just used a variety of them. I now have about two yards of the braid and haven't come close to running out of thread on any of the bobbins. (To control the threads from unwinding on the bobbins, I used a tiny elastic band on each one. As my finished braid got long, I bundled it in another elastic band.) No pins. No scissors. No metal. No problem with the airlines, but a lot of curious looks from the people around me. <G> Have a great trip! Alice in Oregon ----- Original Message ---- i have a question i will be in a plain towards the big USA (brussels ---chicago----losangeles) and i was wondering to "kill" the time by knittning on the plane but ..... it is towards the BIG USA so there will be probably problems ahaed ......???? has anyone reacently done this? and dident been put out of the plane over the atlantic whit a small dingorubberboat and one paddle - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
