Well, they may take away what I'm trying to carry on then...two size 1 knitting needles, but they're wooden and smaller than pencils. I do have one smallish metal crochet hook also and a small metal circular needle...It's under 10 bucks worth of gear, though, so it won't be tragic if they confiscate. Except I won't get to knit on my flight...
It's not the US to UK flight I'm dreading, tho...I hear Heathrow is just awful on the baggage restrictions on the flight back. I have one of those fishermens' vests with the zillion pockets and a pair of cargo pants, though, so I may get out of having to check delicate electronic gear.
Just London this time, Gina...We thought about France, but as neither of us has been to the UK (!) we wanted to focus on that.
(I've been to 48 out of the 50 states, including Alaska...Australia twice, New Zealand, most of the Caribbean Islands and South America, but I've never been to Europe, oddly. Guess that's fixing to change.
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