[MR] sewing notions on airplane?

[Peters, Rise J.]

That's "medically necessary needles capable of injecting stuff into people."

I fly a lot.  I've flown with my handsewing at least a dozen times since 9/11.  Nobody has ever said word one about my sewing needles.  I'm not saying that you won't run into an occasional off-the-wall screener, but the chance of them even noticing sewing needles is pretty small.  So take a couple of needles, not the whole package, so if they confiscate them, big deal.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Siegfried Sebastian Faust [mailto:eliwhite at adelphia.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:19 AM
> To: Elizabeth; campfire at listserv.tirydon.org; Merry Rose
> Subject: Re: [MR] sewing notions on airplane?
> 
> 
>  From United's own webpage about this:
> http://www.united.com/page/article/0,1360,1821,00.html#b4
> 
> It looks like ANYTHING SHARP is basically a no-go.  And they 
> specifically 
> mention 'metal scissors', 'knifes of any kind/material' 
> (which would cover 
> the ripper I think), and only mention 'medically necessary 
> needles/syringes' to be allowed.
> 
> So I think, you would be better off with a good book.
> 
> Siegfried
> 
> 
> >  I will be traveling via airplane for the first time since 
> 9/11 (I don't 
> > fly that often) and I was wondering, what are the restrictions for 
> > bringing sewing supplies these days? I'd like to work on some hand 
> > sewing, but I'm thinking I might get a hard time about 
> bringing sewing 
> > needles, a seam ripper, or the little sewing scissors with 
> me. Has anyone 
> > else dealt with this? I am flying with United Airlines if 
> that makes a 
> > difference. Thanks for your time.
> 
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