Como esta? Yes you can fly with knitting gear.

Hola Amigas....como esta?
Just getting back from a week's vacation in Mexico.
My husband thought it would be funny to "catch me in action"...while others are soaking up the sun I'm huddled in the shade knitting. Luckily the camera lens was fogged due to an air conditioned room and then a very hot beach. I say luckily because the diffuse look certainly does improve my cellulite. That's my travel agent pal Suzie with me...she's the sun worshiping Goddess from Chicago. I really wanted to try to teach her to knit...brought yarn and needles for her and everything but no luck this time around. (I'll keep at her don't worry!)

We had a fabulous stay at Sunscape Puerto Aventuras and Dreams Cancun which are two of my all time favorite hotels. Muchas Gracias to all my friends there!!!!

As I'm now on countdown for our London Knit trip I was concerned about whether or not knitters would be allowed to take our gear in our carry on bags. I specifically flew thru Newark airport so that I could speak with security officials there directly. The good new is that knitting needles are now allowed on board in carry on luggage. One of the security officials gave me a link to a great security website for the Transportation Security Administration . Here you can find a detailed complete list of items that can or cannot be taken on board as carry on items...and yes, knitting needles are now OK to bring in your carry on bags.

I can say that we did experience an additional screening this time around at the gate before we could board our flights. All carry on bags were checked a final time. All liquids and food items had to be disposed of before passengers were allowed to board the planes. Each bag was thoroughly hand searched for any liquid, gel, food or illegal items.

So for now, it's back to work but at least it's only 28 days till London!