Crochet hooks on planes - rant alert!

Wear a hat and stick your crochet hook in it as a hat pin!

Some of the older crochet hooks in my collection could be lethal if stabbed into someone's eye (the longer ones could even reach the brain). I have one that's 6" long and 0.75mm at its tip which I have to handle very carefully even in a controlled crafting situation! (Here's a similar one I found online a minute ago.) I suppose using metal knives & forks is some kind of nod towards reduced plastic use (although wooden ones would at least be compostable). This is one of those situations where the law is an ass. It's a long journey you have ahead of you - too long to sit doing nothing - so I suggest you take along something to do that doesn't require sharp/pointed objects (French knitting, maybe, or finger crochet?). Hope you have a great time, anyway.

Oh dear the world really has gone mad. Sorry, I did laugh - can't imagine the terrorist selecting a crochet hook as weapon of choice! I hope you find it is a misunderstanding.

I think plastic or bamboo hooks would be allowed but not metal ones.

I am going to Australia in March with Singapore Airlines too, but unfortunately I can only afford economy class. I haven’t done any crocheting for years so that won’t be a problem for me but as I am going on my own, I am looking forward to watching the films I like without my husband being in charge of the remote control.
It will be lovely to see my daughter and grandson who I haven’t seen in person for over two years and also my new grandchild (she doesn’t know yet what she is having) that is due that month.

Rosiebee

Wondering about a bamboo hook????? Might be worth a try, with my real hook packed in hold luggage. There are two 13 hr flights and two 9 hr flights to get through. Had no problem with Virgin, KLM, Air France, BA etc. I'll accept anything if I know the reason, but this just seems so petty. Would they actually take my crochet away, not just the hook?

You could try it.

At least you could rescue the item even if they confiscate the hook, it's only one stitch unlike knitting.

Otherwise take a couple of books or a Kindle to while the time away.
We've tried to fly at night to try to get some sleep so the cabin lights dim anyway.

Wondering about a bamboo hook????? Might be worth a try, with my real hook packed in hold luggage. There are two 13 hr flights and two 9 hr flights to get through. Had no problem with Virgin, KLM, Air France, BA etc. I'll accept anything if I know the reason, but this just seems so petty. Would they actually take my crochet away, not just the hook?

BlueBelle

Nana8 I did the same on my way to NZ I hadn’t eaten all my banana so tucked the peel in, and popped it in my bag for on the onward car journey I got pulled aside and given a harsh lecture before they threw my half banana away They were quite harsh how they spoke to me and I was ages my son wondered where I d got to

They can be very officious at the New Zealand airport (Auckland) but when they asked for the purpose of my visit I answered “to visit the most beautiful country in the world”. Everything changed and became really relaxed asking where we were going in a chatty manner.

I’d just stay home!

I’d go mad if I couldn’t crochet on a long trip.

Tell them it’s your emotional support work and it will damage your mental health if you can’t crochet.

Good luck.

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Nana8 I did the same on my way to NZ I hadn’t eaten all my banana so tucked the peel in, and popped it in my bag for on the onward car journey I got pulled aside and given a harsh lecture before they threw my half banana away They were quite harsh how they spoke to me and I was ages my son wondered where I d got to

I'm surprised you didn't get fined 😯

At least they clean your shoes for you when you enter Australia if they have a bit of dirt on the soles!

Singapore Airlines are quite fussy. What used to make me laugh is they used to sell ornamental knives at the airport there ! Australia, as you will know, is super fussy about what is taken in. Once I had an orange which had been given to me towards the end of the flight and I just forgot that I had put it into my backpack to eat later. I got told off!

Singapore Airlines' baggage restrictions state that sharp or bladed objects, such as crochet hooks, are illegal

When I went to India with Virgin I used a bamboo crochet hook. Maybe check if that will be acceptable on your flight.

Someone sitting in our row on an EasyJet flight recently was crocheting.

That’s annoying. I’d get a plastic or a bamboo/wood hook instead.

This is an old rule .
I've seen knitting needles bring confiscated .
I got through with my embroidery needles .
Another passenger had her chilli powder taken .
Anything which poses a danger to staff risks being taken at the airport .
I save up good books and magazines , which I long to read for a flight .

It's not against TSA rules, this is Singapore Airlines's own rule.

I always take a crochet hook and never had a problem.

lixy 😁

I remember the woman who had her knitting taken off her on a flight, I think she was knitting a shawl for a new grandchild. The crew didn't give her the chance to thread the stitches on to yarn, just took the lot.

I'm assuming it's metal crochet hooks they're thinking off. But plastic ones shouldn't be a problem.
I've done London to Auckland, and would want my crochet with me too.

Agree that it sounds odd as I have crocheted on aeroplanes all over the world. I take a thin hook in a small bag with the yarn as a work in progress and no one has ever batted an eyelid.

Perhaps wear a plastic one as a hairpin and style it out?!😇

Singapore Airlines' baggage restrictions state that sharp or bladed objects, such as crochet hooks, are illegal.

Crochet hooks are not sharp!

Can’t understand it I thought my sister took hers long haul to Australia?

Do they know what a crochet hook looks like?

Could you try taking a wooden one? Of course, if you get it taken off you and you use a pin to stop your crochet unravelling they might take the pin off you too in case you run amok with a safety pin.

Knitting needles, perhaps but crochet hooks?

Thank you for letting us know. It's a long flight.