...someone in airport security to provide a rational explanation why a 2" nail scissors is considered a weapon subject to confiscation, but 15" knitting needles are not.
"John's correct; both nail clippers and nail files are on the NTSB's current list of items permitted in carry-on luggage. As are knitting needles."
Well, the knitting needles were employed about three rows in front of us, and looked about as lethal as a Fairburn dagger. Maybe the young lady is actually a sky marshall in disguise?
Evidently knitting needles were only on the banned list for a very short while after 9/11. I have this mental image of an army of Ladies of a Certain Age taking their bureaucract offspring by the earlobes and saying, "If you think I'm going to fly without my knitting, junior, you've got another think coming!"
(As a recent knitting addict convert, I have to say I'm glad knitting gear is permitted, though; it makes long, boring flights pass much faster).
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Well, the knitting needles were employed about three rows in front of us, and looked about as lethal as a Fairburn dagger. Maybe the young lady is actually a sky marshall in disguise?
Yeah. Reason is "Because they say so."
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(As a recent knitting
addictconvert, I have to say I'm glad knitting gear is permitted, though; it makes long, boring flights pass much faster).