Originally Posted by myrgirl
You'll be fine. Needles are okay, even the big needlepoint ones. Just make sure your thread cutting scissors are small enough to avoid a bag check - or even better yet, just bring a thread cutter instead.
(I don't do needle point, but I have done a bit of counted cross stitch from time to time.)
Lady FlysALot does all of those things and has needles that could go through a 747. She gets on a plane with them when we travel. However she is blond. YMMV