Crochet

Would bamboo crochet hooks and knitting needles show up on the airport scanners?

Not sure but you are asked asked if you have anything on the list prominently displayed which includes knitting needles etc and you have to declare them (I flew from Gatwick and Bristol)
I wouldn't risk it, they can go in hold luggage but that's not much help if you want to use them on board... And if you got that far the air stewards might get shirty....

Bristol are one of the worst that I have gone through.

I have looked at the TSA website and it says knitting needles and crochet hooks are allowed. Maybe I can find a little plastic hook I can do it with, or try to use a hairgrip. They can't object to that.

I once flew from Edinburgh to Manchester wearing a brooch with an immensely long pin - at least 3 inches. They never noticed it, though another time a tiny pair of tweezers was taken from me. I'd have thought that a plastic or bamboo crochet hook would be pretty innocuous but who knows how their minds work in airport security?

The airline may say it is OK but airport security may have different ideas.

There is no logic to some of it.

Won't make myself popular here, but I think they should just be forbidden and be done with it. How can they, for instance, allow a 'butter wouldn't melt' GNeter, but not someone younger, or a man, or someone wearing a burka? Rules have to be applied to everybody the same in an airport. And of course knitting needles could be taken from a bwmGneter and used for the wrong purpose. You can't have nail scissors taken from people but knitting needles allowed. Sometimes things annoy us, but if we look at the bigger picture, we can put up with the inconvenience for a few hours and read instead.

There isn't enough elbow room to knit if I wanted to. I do word searches, crosswords and read but eleven hours is so long. Rarely get comfy enough to sleep. I don't know how those travelling to Australia cope.

I have just found a small plastic hook which came with loom bands. It works OK so that is what I shall take with me.

Great news- that will be perfect.

I travel to Australia but have never attempted to take knitting in my hand luggage (especially since that lady got her nearly completed baby shawl confiscated). The longest leg is 13 hours with a stop in between; I take my kindle, try to snooze, may watch a film, have a walk around, do some word puzzles, do some gentle exercises at the end near the toilets! You are 'in a bubble' so you just have to switch off from the outside world.

Your plastic hook should be fine rubysong. I must learn how to crochet before I go next!

Re dangerous objects, as someone pointed out, a CD bought in departures can be broken and made into a weapon which would be just as effective (probably more so) as a Gransnetter steaming through the cabin and attacking the crew with a bamboo knitting needle!

If they are not allowed to discriminate (fair enough) how come every time I go through I get called on one side and get patted down?