Sylvia Else wrote:

The remaining changes, such as preventing people from taking knitting
needles on board, are a stable-door closing reaction that has not done
anything to improve safety, exactly because of the change in passenger
behaviour.


Knitting needles are permitted.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...ted-items.shtm

The list is still stupid.

You can bring a walking cane, but not a hockey stick or pool cue.