I have never had my knitting needles taken from me on a flight. I do use
circular needles, to avoid poking my seatmates, but have never had the
needles questioned except by other envious knitters who come up to me and
say: What??? We can carry our knitting needles on the plane?

I think a knit in is a spectacular idea. I will have a project with me in
Baku, and can bring extra needles and yarn for those who want to learn to
knit :)

Cheers, Ginger
Ginger (Virginia) Paque

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On 3 July 2012 09:48, Andrew A. Adams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> William Drake suggested:
> > When the IOC folks were speaking in Prague it'd have been great if a
> > bunch of people could have pulled out knitting needles…maybe Toronto?
> > Some street theatre is always good for a meeting…
>
> Nice idea. You'd have to find a local supply (or have someone bring hold
> baggage to bring in a bunch) though, since AFAIK knitting needles are
> amongst
> the terrible deadly weapons currently banned from being taken onto planes
> in
> the war on tourism. ICANN meetings are short enough that lots of attendees
> may well be flying hand luggage only (I know I would be).
>
>
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> Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
> Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan       http://www.a-cubed.info/
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