There are a lot of flying hours between Australia and North America or Europe. Across the Atlantic as well
Those hours are not happy ones if some official decides to spoils your fun.
These days I’m prepared with a spare ‘set’ in my big bag in the hold
Trying to explain to the other half why I needed a craft shop in a strange city wasn’t a good way to start a 6 week overseas trip. 🧶❤️🧶
Still Waters 
The rules are so random, depending on which airline you are using as here at least, the airlines are responsible for security. They have a large collection of my nailfiles and nail clippers, with the last set confiscated costing about $25.
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Never lost knitting needles to TSA, thank goodness.
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Sigh. It is a long time since I have been on a plane. Himself has lost several things, including nail files. Hardly a fearsome weapon.
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Amen. Here in the US, I haven’t had any trouble with losing needles but my understanding is that any security agent can confiscate anything if they think it necessary.
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Oh gracious! Would they really take away someone’s knitting needles. Sheesh!
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OH wait… I just remembered they actually pulled off the nail file from my husband’s nail clipper that was in his little toiletry kit.
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These days I knit with short points that screw onto the ends of nylon ‘wires’. I can get the points in wood steel or aluminium. I haven’t put it to the test yet because I don’t want to lose my expensive points, but I reckon the wooden ones would just look like pencils in a scan and as far as I know, no one has yet banned pencils. I have managed to sneak bamboo and plastic crochet hooks through security scanning.
Most airlines have relaxed to allow pointy stuff under 10cm (exactly the length of my pointy attachments), but I agree its that off-putting risk of having something important to you taken away by some officious prat….
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My needles would go in my main luggage , if I ever fly again. I think if rather read a book.
Interesting to read others experiences with sharp objects
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I travel cattle class so there isn’t room for anything.
I’d love to be able to crochet, but it would just be a pain. I can’t even use the knife and fork while eating
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