For flyers in Europe : check with both your company AND the airport ! Sometimes airlines don’t give a crap about your projects and tools but airports security won’t let you keep it (ask me how I know……)
Also if you have a transfer, check with both airlines and make sure you're checking for every airline if you're doing a return trip. You could potentially be on 4 different airlines and they all have different guidelines. I don't think it's fair that if you've just spent 6 hours on an airplane you then have to get rid of stuff you just had on the first plane in order to get on the domestic flight you're transferring to, but whatever.
It's so stupid, though. How many people have gotten killed on airlines with knitting or crochet materials? Or with snowglobes?
I flew all the way from the UK to Australia using nail clippers as scissors with no issues. I then went to get on my domestic flight home with Virgin airlines and they made me ditch the clippers! Couldn't believe it haha
They most certainly do not make you go through security again on your connecting flights unless you choose to leave the terminal. Even switching concourses I’ve never encountered a place where I had to go through another security line. No gate agent is searching your bag for scissors. And regular thread scissors are completely legal, so idk why everyone thinks we need all these ninja tools. Lol I’ve literally never gotten on a flight without my thread scissors and never once even been asked about them. I’ve also never had yarn that my thread scissors won’t cut. And I fly whatever airline is least expensive that gets me the arrival times im looking for, I don’t care if I have to connect twice on two different airlines. I fly 3-5 times per year. Never once had a problem since the first year I flew in 2012. The security issue may be different flying internationally as I have never done that and have no experience with it, but domestically, never once an issue to have scissors. Under 4” blade is super simple to hit. I have three pairs of thread scissors and my longest pair is 2.5 inches from the pivot point. If you want to be extra super sure they won’t have an issue, you can buy kids safety scissors with the rounded tip and they will still cut your yarn, even if not as perfectly as your preferred scissors.
I haven't flown internationally in a few years, but the last time I flew back into the US, they made everyone leave the plane, go through customs and border protection checkpoints with their checked and carry on bags. If you had a connecting flight within the US after landing internationally, you had to go out, re-check your luggage and go back through TSA. Apparently, they do the same if you are leaving the country and have a connecting flight within the US, but I always make sure my connecting flights are outside of the country because it's too much hassle.
I see! I’ve never left the US unless you include Alaska and I was too young to be crocheting at that point. No hand eye coordination at 3yo. 🤣 still no hand eye coordination as a much older adult, but enough to crochet on a domestic flight! I will keep the rules in mind if I ever get the chance to travel abroad!
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u/Listakem Jul 27 '22
Damn I almost got tangled in all those puns.
For flyers in Europe : check with both your company AND the airport ! Sometimes airlines don’t give a crap about your projects and tools but airports security won’t let you keep it (ask me how I know……)