..to all of you who like to put your hair up and have to travel by air… Bobby pins do set off the metal detectors, at least in the JetBlue terminal at JFK. Ugh. I figured I was safe when on the way there my jewelry didn’t set off the detector, because jewelry has at least as much metal as bobby pins do, right? No such luck. Actually, the worst part was the other passengers waiting in line staring at me suspiciously. UGH. It’s a good thing I checked the bag with my knitting needles. I can just see trying to explain those to the security guards. But here’s the thing. If you can’t bring knitting needles on (and I’m talking large, 8mm plastic needles here) why are you allowed to bring pens and pencils? I would think those would make just as good – and unlikely – weapons. Oh well. It was worth it to see my nieces and totally surprise Denis’ mom for her birthday. :)
The side trip to the yarn shop turned out to be a dud, for the first time since I’ve started going there. How disappointing – they were having a fantastic sale, just not on any yarn that I wanted. At least I got a few more pairs of needles, which I’d had a hard time finding here. Jo-Ann’s and Michaels seem to think that if you want big needles, they should also be very long. When you’re only knitting a 7-inch-across thing on 36-inch circular needles, it’s a royal pain. 10-inch straight needles work much better! (Yes, I’ve started a new project or two – I didn’t bring my computer along with me, so I haven’t updated the crafts page yet…maybe tonight, if I’m not too busy knitting!)