The Jupiter sock doesn’t look a whole lot different since you last saw it. I had set it aside to work on the cross stitch for my friend (and yes, she totally loved it).

I did take the sock with me to Ottawa, but both flights were so short, I didn’t get much done. I pulled it out on the London to Toronto leg, but by the time we got up in the air, we were almost ready to land again (it’s like a 40 minute flight, and I think only a little more than half of that is actually flying). I got about three rounds done before I had to put it away for landing again, so I didn’t even bother to take it out on the Toronto to Ottawa leg. Even the time in between flights wasn’t very long – mostly just long enough to grab a quick bite to eat and get to the next boarding.

Knowing this, I didn’t even bother putting it in my purse for the flight home. I put it in my back pack… which got sent for secondary inspection after it went through the xray at security.

I was wondering what might have alerted them until the security agent stopped pulling things out as soon as he got to sock. The “aha” look on his face gave it away too. I guess those needles in that arrangement would look very suspicious to someone who doesn’t knit. After he pulled it out, he looked at me and said “I don’t want to mess this up on you, so are you ok putting it back in?”

I had a good laugh to myself and told him it was not a problem.

Now that I’m home, and have no more urgent projects, this sock will definitely see more love.