No Craft Supplies Allowed? Oh No!

A woman of my acquaintance is a particularly skilled knitter. (No, the yarn and items pictured here are not her things.) Recently was called for jury duty. When she arrived at the courthouse, they wouldn't allow her to bring in her knitting, even during the long wait of jury selection.

While she was sent home that day, she wasn't certain that she wouldn't have to return.

With the wizardry that makes her a dynamite knitter, she figured out a way to remove the insert of a ballpoint pen and insert in its place the metal tips of her circular needles.

"Once I got started thinking about it, my mind went wild!" she said.

These were a couple of her methods.

Slip one needle each in a drinking straw in your bag (she recommends 7-11 for large straws in plastic wrap.) This system works best with straight needles or modular circulars that can be broken down to cable and short needles.

Or, try tucking a plastic or wooden tip up under your bra.

"What is this suspicion/hatred of knitting needles all about?" she asked. "One possibility," she suggested might be "fear of the unwanted hand-knit gift!"

She wasn't called back in for jury duty. Nonetheless, the ideas will probably come into good use sooner or later!

Here's my suggestion to add to the list. Come wearing a shawl like the one above, but clasped at the front with a pair of doublepointed needles. (Sock-size would be best!). Yarn is safely tucked into your purse. Or, if you need points, rubber point protectors can also be stashed away.

Any other ideas we can add to the list?! What's the sneakiest thing you've tried to do with art supplies!