August 29, 2005
Since You Asked
Crochet hook doesn’t apply to knitters
Regarding your column: I am a knitter, not a crocheter. "It’s recommended that you carry a crochet hook to save the work ..." Please explain how to save knitting with a crochet
hook (other than binding off, which you cannot do in the middle of a project).
— Judy S., Medford
You’re testing the limits of our experts here at Since You Asked headquarters, Judy, with your follow-up question on knitting needles aboard airplanes. None of us are knitters. But instead
of asking Transportation Security Administration officials what they would do, we decided to ask a real expert on the subject: a staff member’s mother, Veronica, who happens to be quite a
knitter. (In fact, she knitted a tea cozy for one of us recently).
Her response to using a crochet hook was similar to yours: "Why would you use a crochet hook? I’ve never heard of such a thing." She suggested that you "cast it off,"
which is beyond our powers of explanation.
"If she’s a knitter, she’ll know what I’m talking about," said Veronica. Or, she suggested, "Thread a bit of yarn through all the stitches and tie them in a wee bow
at the end."
By the way, on a recent trip to Jackson County, Veronica, who lives in California, brought her needles in her checked-in luggage.
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