Last year we hosted a Shaliach (an emissary from Israel) named Hait. We really loved having her so we signed up to do it again and now we have the beautiful Adi living with us for the next 3 weeks. Here she is with the kids. They are in love with her and won’t leave her alone. If you have a local JCC I really recommend doing it. It’s such a great experience.
She got out of the Army in January and will eventually go to Law School. She’s a total sweetheart and is going to come to Stitch ‘n’ Bitch tonight and learn how to knit! The other Israeli who came already knows how to knit and I’m helping her learn how to make socks. Her name is Yafit.
I had them over for dinner last week before Adi moved in with us and Yafit asked me about knitting and told me she was a knitter! I showed her all of my yarn, bags, socks, etc and she just looked at it all and kept saying she didn’t know you could DO all of those things. I told her to just wait until she sees Village Wools. She told me how she had been making socks and wanted to learn the proper way. I think she said she was making the cuff and then the foot part and then just sewing them together? No clue. It was fun to go through my stash, throw about 6 skeins of yarn on the bed and let her pick whatever she wanted to make herself a pair of socks. (She picked the Opal-#5 in this picture)
I’ve had to help her a few times already and then yesterday when I went to pick up Superboy and Adi, she ran up to my car and was all freaked out because she has to do the heel flap and doesn’t know what to do. This morning at Supergirl’s swim lesson I’m helping her with that. I love that I get to teach someone a skill they’ll bring all the way back to Israel! The cool thing is that I know that Flat Scout has a place in Israel to visit too if we want her to go there.
Yikes. Swim lesson time!
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Very cool! Welcome, Adi and Yafit!
How fun to share knitting with her!
Awesome..bonding over some sticks and string…doesn’t get better than that!
flat scout…love that…maybe she’d like to have a spacey adventure!
somehow I didn’t know or forgot you are Jewish!
I have met more jewish people via knitting blogs then I normally do in real life! BUt I suppose my last name doesn’t prompt anyone to ask me if I am jewish lol!
Very cool - Scout, international knitting ambassador.
That’s awesome. You are an ambassador of knitting now.
That’s such a cool idea. They have Israeli Shaliach at my daughter’s sleep-away camp and she loves it. I never thought of hosting one. My girls would get such a kick out of it.
congrads! bruchot habaot! i hope you guys have a blast together!
That is so cool! Our international knitter embassador :)!
Now that sounds fun… new international friends and helping someone learn how to knit! Yay!
Welcome to Adi and Yafit!
ooh! wouldn’t that be a cool govt. post? international knitting ambassador. i would sign up!
that is so cool - your kids will remember it forever! we had several exchange students growing up and we still remain in contact with them, some more than 20 years later. enjoy the experience!!!
aw, she’s cute.
I think it is very cool that you are representing America through knitting.
I see you’ve found another sock victim!! oops I mean knitter. Thats how you
attract us with your socks, and then we’re hooked. First Ireland, now Israel where next.
It looks like you are going to have alot of fun, and your kids will love having her
around.
Hey Scout,
Been meaning to comment and tell you your little one’s are adorable!!!!
You knit? hunh…