With the start of summer basically here, it’s time to start getting excited and orgnaised for your trip away. Whether it’s a plane journey away to somewhere abroad or maybe it’s a 5 hour long train journey to visit family elsewhere in the UK, either way you are going to have plenty of time to kill when travelling (unless you pulled the short straw and need to drive of course)!

Here is a quick blog post on various ideas to keep you busy and productive. These will come in handy not only while on route to your holiday destination, but if you are anything like me and can’t sit still to sun bathe or at the beach, these ideas will certainly keep you occupied… and off your mobile phone!

FAKE NEWS!

Before we start, let me clear up some myths when it comes to being crafty on flights and what is allowed in your hand luggage! Having been on a 13 hour flight to Thailand in February this year, I can confirm the following is totally fine to be on board a flight – (Hey, don’t just take it from me! You can find out more on the GOV website too)

OK TO FLY LIST:

• Small scissors (with blades no longer than 6cm)
• Nail clippers – If you don’t have small enough scissors, nail clippers do the job in desperate times when it comes to cutting embroidery threads!
• Knitting needles
• Crochet Hooks
• Sewing needle

I have only recently started learning how to crochet and knit thanks to our amazing tutor Beth! So for me personally before now, I found hand embroidery the best thing to keep me occupied outdoors and while travelling, also because hand embroidery isn’t as bulky as carrying around various balls of wool!

Although with that being said, I felt that doing hand embroidery on a 13 hour flight did start to make my eyes go a bit crossed eyes so it was nice to then be able to sit and continuously knit rows and rows of what I am now claiming to be a very long scarf!

I also found being crafty on holiday helped my tan – yes you heard correctly! As I mentioned, I am useless when it comes to sunbathing or relaxing on the beach, I get bored so easily and need to be kept busy, so between reading a book and finishing off the hand embroidery kit I started at the airport I would I was a slightly darker shade of white!

So whether it’s one of our embroidery kits, knitting, crochet, weaving or more – make sure you are staying crafty this summer.