{"id":40945,"date":"2017-02-06T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/?p=40945"},"modified":"2023-03-06T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:21:10","slug":"getting-know-pam-mckenzie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/getting-know-pam-mckenzie\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Know Pam MacKenzie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month I had the pleasure of running into one of my favorite writers, Pam MacKenzie, at Vogue Knitting Live.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who don\u2019t recognize the name, Pam writes a great blog and weekly article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycentraljersey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mycentraljersey.com<\/a>, both titled, \u201cIn Stitches\u201d. She\u2019s a local (raised in NJ and went to college in New York) with a big heart.<\/p>\n<p>We started reading her work because of her interesting take on industry topics but what kept us engaged was the way she links knitting (and crochet) with charity. Lion Brand has had the opportunity to work with Pam on charitable endeavors in the past and we look forward to many more collaborations in the future!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look back of some of the highlights of our time getting to know Pam.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40947\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40947 size-large lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Blumenthal-1024x768-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Jack\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40947 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Blumenthal-1024x768-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Jack\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Blumenthal-1024x768-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Blumenthal-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Blumenthal-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Blumenthal-1024x768-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Blumenthal-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript> Outlet tour with Jack &#8211; April 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40946\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40946 size-large lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chemo-caps-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Chemo Cap Project\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40946 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chemo-caps-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Chemo Cap Project\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chemo-caps.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chemo-caps-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript> Summer Chemo Cap Project \u2013 August 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pam organized the project which culminated with a finishing party here at the Lion Brand Outlet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40948 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stitch.jpg\" alt=\"Stitch \u2018n Pitch August 2016\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40948 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stitch.jpg\" alt=\"Stitch \u2018n Pitch August 2016\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stitch.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stitch-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Stitch \u2018n Pitch \u2013 August 2016<\/p>\n<p>Pam distributed the donated Lion Brand yarn to all the knitters and crocheters who participated at the Stitch n\u2019 Pitch event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month I had the pleasure of running into one of my favorite writers, Pam MacKenzie, at Vogue Knitting Live. 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I have a 1954 working Coke machine and a bubble gum machine from the 50s, a collection of Norman Rockwell plates of people knitting, articles by my Dad of a book he wrote the introduction to on knitting from 1953, a needlepoint made by my second grade teach showing Lion Brand on a pushcart, The Simpson family, sitting in front of the T.V. with Marge knitting. This was a cover of T. V. Guide. When I called them and told them I was in the yarn business they sent me the original artwork (called a cell). I have a tin that we used to give to stores in the 1950s, a photo of my son modeling a Lion Brand Sweater, a French poster of a girl knitting from 1928, a Red Cross poster from World War II that says, \u201cour boys need socks, knit your bit\u201d, a cover of Life Magazine from 1941 with a woman knitting (Life was 10 cents), a cover of New Yorker Magazine with a big ball of yarn, about 40 images of Lions counting stuffed animals, needlepoint, and framed images. A collection of books, some autographed, by Vanna White, Kate Jacobs and Debbie Macomber, all famous knitters or crocheters, a Build-A-Bear of a Lion, a picture of Wallace and Grommet knitting, a poster of an old catalog cover that was a take-off of American Gothic with two Lions knitting and crocheting, a clock with the Lion Brand logo, a framed 1946 Saturday Evening Post from with a picture of a dog sweater being knit. I have lots of photos including my father with Henry Kissinger, photos of me with Jackie Mason and Mohammed Ali, a picture of my Uncle Isidor, A picture of my parents in front of the Taj Mahal from 1971, picture of Warren Buffet knitting (his daughter had a knit shop), color card books from the 60s to the 90s, license plate holder, that says \u201clicense to knit\u201d, What is your earliest yarn memory? When I was 5 I took a paper bag with spools fo thread, I went to my parents friends on the street and to go door to door selling spools of thread for a nickel a spool.","url":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/author\/jack\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40945"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64224,"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40945\/revisions\/64224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}