Ella Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ woke stepdaughter, made no political statements at a recent Soft Hands Knit Club event at the swanky Standard Hotel.
The 24-year-old, daughter of Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, threaded the needle for the $60-per-person event.
one of the 15 attendees asked a Post reporter when the event didn’t start 15 minutes after its scheduled 6:15 p.m. start time. Like a ritual? ”
A few minutes later, Emhoff, an IMG model wearing an oversized khaki green hoodie and baggy jeans, grabbed the group’s attention by tapping two knitting needles.
“Attention! Hello and welcome to Soft Hands Knit Club, thank you so much for being here,” she said. “This was such a fun project for me to make, so much fun to teach, and so much fun just watching everyone knit. . . . So let’s knit!”
She taught the group how to tie a loop on a needle, the first step in the sewing process, and then approached each student one-on-one to make sure they were on track.
When one student asked him about the difference in technique for left-handed players, Emhoff seemed confused.
“Are you left-handed?” Mr. Emhoff said with a dramatic sigh before walking up to the woman.
With the admission fee, attendees could purchase balls of yarn, knitting needles, fruit and vegetable snacks, hummus and pita chips, and soft drinks.
Emhoff released funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in March, even though the United States had cut funding to the organization over Hamas’s alleged participation in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The Post revealed that they had been collecting the information, but did not say how. The profits of the knitting club will be spent.
Her call for donations to the controversial organization was only removed from Emhoff’s social media after the Post investigated the White House.
The appeal comes just months after another Post report revealed that Emhoff was raising money for Gaza through the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
Last month, the ever-crafty Ms. Emhoff said she would pocket the proceeds from the sale of the textile pieces she displays at her Lower East Side cannabis store (the most expensive one cost $5,500).
