Well, I just got back from Texas on Southwest and had an appliqué needle, four pins and children's Fiskars scissors and no one questioned it. I went on to the TSA website before I left, and TSA said that you could take a crochet needle, which I did ( and I also printed the statement in case I was questioned) and it also mentioned that you could take small needles for medical purposes. I guess they were saying like insulin needles, but I was going to argue that I needed the needles for relaxation therapy if someone questioned me, but all the stuff went right through the scanners with no problem.