This photo was taken in the mating room. I worked in it for 2 weeks. I worked summers from 1958-1961 rotating in various positions taking the place of women on vacation. Making a sock requires loading a knitting with various spools of different colored yarn, tending the machines (knitters), trimming loose threads (trimmers), looping (loopers) or closing the toe, turning (turners) which involves turning the socks right side out, washing, placing the damp socks on steam heated stainless steel feet, mating and putting labels on (or mounting them on cardboard in the case of stretch socks. Then there was boxing and shipping. I did most of these jobs. Not sure if I was a great asset to Tricnit since my output was a lot less the older women I was replacing. My favorite job was driving the mill truck to make deliveries. My least favorite was mounting socks on stainless feet that were too hot to touch in the summer in a non-air conditioned building. It was an all day sauna.
Was the Tricnit photo taken in the retail store or offices perhaps?
This photo was taken in the mating room. I worked in it for 2 weeks. I worked summers from 1958-1961 rotating in various positions taking the place of women on vacation. Making a sock requires loading a knitting with various spools of different colored yarn, tending the machines (knitters), trimming loose threads (trimmers), looping (loopers) or closing the toe, turning (turners) which involves turning the socks right side out, washing, placing the damp socks on steam heated stainless steel feet, mating and putting labels on (or mounting them on cardboard in the case of stretch socks. Then there was boxing and shipping. I did most of these jobs. Not sure if I was a great asset to Tricnit since my output was a lot less the older women I was replacing. My favorite job was driving the mill truck to make deliveries. My least favorite was mounting socks on stainless feet that were too hot to touch in the summer in a non-air conditioned building. It was an all day sauna.