travel project recommendation wanted

[NanaM3]

:hookThe whole family is flying west in a few weeks for a wedding and I'd like to take a project to do while: waiting for the plane to board, waiting for the plane to take off, the plane trip and back again ... I assume the traveling will include many delays etc.

I like working with thread so maybe something like that but I don't want to fuss with too many balls.

I do enjoy intricate filet traditional chair backs and arm rests..so let me know if you have patterns to recommend.

NanaM3

[vonnie]

I would do thread (but then that is my passion) and I would take a small book or printed off patterns that were simple....I would not try and do a intricate pattern because I have found when I am in public lots of people will talk to you if you are crocheting and you will lose your spot. Keep it simple, something just to keep your hands busy... jmho
Have a great trip!!!

[Terry Rindal Jr]

Nana3,
I fly frequently (10 times or more a year) and I spend many long hours in airports and on airplanes. I recommend a simple design project using only 1 or 2 colors. As Vonnie said, people love to stop and chat while you are sitting in the airport crocheting. There is nothing worse than losing your place and having to pull out 3 rows worth of sticthes just because you were distracted and didn't notice. I roll my yarn into balls and keep them in my rucksack when I fly and I do most of my work with a "G" or "I" hook. Hats, scarves, and sections of afghans or sweaters are easily handled while in the airport or on the airplane. I wish you all of the best.
Terry

[Empress Busy Bee]

Yup I agree, something simple and easy. If it's something you have memorized, all the better.
Scarfs, hats, baby afghans, squares, etc.
You don't want anything with a lot of color changes either.

[miller3602]

If you want to buy a pattern, buy peggtoes's fairy monkey pattern (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5736371). It is made with thread, only takes about 3 balls of thread, and is really CUTE! You could probably make 2 or 3, depending on how fast you crochet...but still! It's woth buying.

[CLLinda]

I would try to stick to something that is easy and not intricate. Granny squares can be made by the bunch and then stitched up when you return. Maybe only bring two to three skeins of yarn that coordinate and make up squares by varying the colors of each. Say you start with red then blue then white, and then the next square can be blue then white then red, etc. Do some solid ones. Just relax and have fun. Keep the projects simple and the memories fun.

You'll be surprised on how many squares you can make in just a short amount of time. And you can come home and put together a great afghan.

Have fun traveling.

:manyheart

[AuntyM]

I like to work on potholders while traveling.

[NanaM3]

Nana3,
I fly frequently (10 times or more a year) and I spend many long hours in airports and on airplanes. I recommend a simple design project using only 1 or 2 colors. As Vonnie said, people love to stop and chat while you are sitting in the airport crocheting. There is nothing worse than losing your place and having to pull out 3 rows worth of sticthes just because you were distracted and didn't notice. I roll my yarn into balls and keep them in my rucksack when I fly and I do most of my work with a "G" or "I" hook. Hats, scarves, and sections of afghans or sweaters are easily handled while in the airport or on the airplane. I wish you all of the best.
Terry
so many good ideas! what is your experience in flying with metal hooks and scissors? I assume I can't take a pair of scissors on board. how do you handle this?

[JoBug]

If you love working with thread, as I do, may I suggest a motif like table runner, table cloth, beadspread, you could pick out a fairly simple square and work them up. As far a scissors, I think you can take nail clippers, OR buy a thread cutter pendant type thing.
here is a great threadie site.....enjoy!
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/celtwich/

[RJ-TX]

Can you use those dental floss boxes to cut thread/yarn? I haven't tried it yet, but I heard about using these a while back. Enjoy your trip!

[sherryzzz]

I have one of those cutter pendants that I strung on a satin cord and wear when I am flying. I usually pack my case of metal hooks in my check-in luggage. I only bring one of two metal hook(s) that I will actually be using on board, and usually try to have back-up plastic hooks of the same size with me just in case (you never know when the rules might change!!!) I've been making face cloths in soft 100% cotton yarns and is an ideal project for me to take when I fly. I always try to have a few completed cloths on hand for gifts, as well as bars of pretty soaps I pick up on sale, for whenever I need a last minute gift. :hook

[NanaM3]

If you love working with thread, as I do, may I suggest a motif like table runner, table cloth, beadspread, you could pick out a fairly simple square and work them up. As far a scissors, I think you can take nail clippers, OR buy a thread cutter pendant type thing.
here is a great threadie site.....enjoy!
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/celtwich/
I went to the website you linked and really liked what I saw. I think I'll try the Flower Square in Filet as a hostess gift for the mother of the bride! All I'll need to pack are the balls and the hook. I've never seen plastic hooks in the metal hook small sizes but will try and find one. I think at work (I am a secretary for an early childhood program) there are plastic scissors I can take for the trip.

[NanaM3]

As of today (last day of June) here's what the airline is saying in regards to what we can take and how.

"Any sharp items you may need in your travels, such as knives, razor-type blades and metal scissors with pointed tips and a cutting edge longer than four inches in length, should be packed in your checked baggage.

Personal items such as knitting needles, nail clippers and tweezers are permitted beyond the security check-point and in carry-on baggage. Customers dependent upon syringe-injected medications are permitted to carry on such items."

so it seems to me I'd better go the plastic route if I can

[fancyk]

Well heres a few things I found out I just flew to San Diago and back I took my crocheting with me I had no time to just sit and crochet by the time you get off one plane and find your next flight ,go potty get something to drink and find the rest of your family there was no time ti crochet and unless you have a window seat or outside seat you have to share an armrest also you cant take sissors or a metal crochet hook Id wait until I got to were I was going and try to crochet. thank goodness I took a word search with me lol and of course we had crying babys everywhere I understood because of the air pressure but still they were crying good luck on your trip and have a nice time Is this your first time to fly

[NanaM3]

Well heres a few things I found out I just flew to San Diago and back I took my crocheting with me I had no time to just sit and crochet by the time you get off one plane and find your next flight ,go potty get something to drink and find the rest of your family there was no time ti crochet and unless you have a window seat or outside seat you have to share an armrest also you cant take sissors or a metal crochet hook Id wait until I got to were I was going and try to crochet. thank goodness I took a word search with me lol and of course we had crying babys everywhere I understood because of the air pressure but still they were crying good luck on your trip and have a nice time Is this your first time to fly
first time: oh goodness no...have been "frequent" since the age of 6!

I'll be with the entire family and those kids (ages 17-33) will want to be talking amongst themselves ... and there's the car trip to the airport (4hrs) in Boston, too ... that's why I'm looking for projects to do!

[Ladycrochat]

Working with thread is a great idea because it is smaller than yarn....but those steel hooks look a lot more dangerous than a plastic hook would.....Certainly DO NOT bring the pricey TOTC hooks or a JIMBO hook! I've heard about bringing a copy of what CAN and CAN'T go onboard with you and also a stamped self addressed envelope (to mail your crochet hook back to yourself if they refuse to let you take it on board)...because in the end it will be a subjective call by the security personnel. Oh! And eyelash yarn caused problems for atleast one Crochetville traveler.....the security guards didn't have a clue as to what it was! TEE HEE!:heehee The Dental Floss packets are OK for cutting yarn or thread......and they are small/easy to pack. the Pendant thingy was refused once because the guards told someone she could DISASSEMBLE it onboard.(like WHO would do that to her new thread/yarn cutter?????) and use the razor blades for whatever neferious plan she had.....if you have a guy as a security guard and he does not have a clue about crocheting or knitting....you could have problems.

[NanaM3]

Working with thread is a great idea because it is smaller than yarn....but those steel hooks look a lot more dangerous than a plastic hook would.....Certainly DO NOT bring the pricey TOTC hooks or a JIMBO hook! I've heard about bringing a copy of what CAN and CAN'T go onboard with you and also a stamped self addressed envelope (to mail your crochet hook back to yourself if they refuse to let you take it on board)...because in the end it will be a subjective call by the security personnel. Oh! And eyelash yarn caused problems for atleast one Crochetville traveler.....the security guards didn't have a clue as to what it was! TEE HEE!:heehee The Dental Floss packets are OK for cutting yarn or thread......and they are small/easy to pack. the Pendant thingy was refused once because the guards told someone she could DISASSEMBLE it onboard.(like WHO would do that to her new thread/yarn cutter?????) and use the razor blades for whatever neferious plan she had.....if you have a guy as a security guard and he does not have a clue about crocheting or knitting....you could have problems.
thank you for the great tip about taking the envelope ... I will definitely do it.

this whole subject has me thinking that if someone invented a non-metal shaft onto which one screwed a variety of hook heads, I would buy it ... imagine a packet the size of a travel toothbrush kit with 6 or more hook heads in various sizes and a universal shaft .....

hmmm!

[NanaM3]

I went to the FAA site just now and on the subject of scissors it says a firm yes to blunt tipped scissors, either plastic or metal. I'm going to see if a child's plastic pair would actually cut crochet thread.

But I know well that individual guards can still say no and will have the floss box just in case.