What knitting needles are accepted for air travel?
Posted on December 29th, 2009 by admin
I really don’t want my project to be confiscated or to lose any needles. I know the simplest answer is to take cheap needles or a self addressed envelope to send things back to myself in case they are taken. I’d like to know if the TSA is more likely to take metal needles as opposed to acrylic or bamboo ones, or if length, etc. matters. I’m OK with knitting straight on circular needles if they are more likely to let me keep those.
I’ve read the TSA guidelines which say that it’s OK to take any type of knitting materials on board, but I know that it’s up to the TSA officer. Anybody with personal experience that can share?
My impression is that they prefer non-metallic ones. Someplace, I seem to recall, though I cannot find the page any longer, that they do not like circular knitting needles over a certain length (like long enough to wrap around someone’s neck to strangle them …)
You can try contacting them directly to find out more:
E-mail – tsa-contactcenter@dhs.gov
Phone – 1-866-289-9673
December 29th, 2009 at 9:28 am
My impression is that they prefer non-metallic ones. Someplace, I seem to recall, though I cannot find the page any longer, that they do not like circular knitting needles over a certain length (like long enough to wrap around someone’s neck to strangle them …)
You can try contacting them directly to find out more:
E-mail – tsa-contactcenter@dhs.gov
Phone – 1-866-289-9673
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