When Knitting Was a Manly Art

Good Weekend

After weeks of complaining and feeling sorry for myself, I have had one of the most enjoyable weekends in ages.

Friday was spent on a volunteer work party doing final preparations for this weekend’s start of The Great Oregon Steam-Up

The past two days were spent learning *way* too much about steam powered sawmills. The workparty on Friday led me to the volunteer coordinator and a job on the green chain and helping with the steam powered planer.

This is the headrig and saw blade of the mill

Head Rig

The whole mill is powered by the 100 year old boiler from a Shay Locomotive that was once used to haul logs in the Oregon Coast Range.

Shay Boiler

And finally, progress on the Big Black Socks. I finally ripped out the last attempt at toe-up. Cast on a cuff and have complete 4″ of 2×2 ribbing and about another inch of straight stitch. Only 7″ more to go before starting the heel… Pictures tomorrow.

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This entry was posted on Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 9:14 PM and filed under Other Stuff.
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Comments (4) to “Good Weekend”

Anne wrote:

Glad to hear about the good weekend! Looking forward to your great pictures.
Anne

Posted on 31-Jul-06 at 3:31 am | Permalink
Molly Bee wrote:

Glad you had a great weekend. Your photos remind me of the Lumberman’s Museum in Patten Maine. Have you ever seen a Lombard Log Hauler? It was a ‘train’ with ski’s on the front and a track like a snowmobile. They used it to haul logs out of the woods in the winter. Pretty smart!

Posted on 31-Jul-06 at 7:45 am | Permalink
pixalcat wrote:

Fun stuff!! We used to do alot of fun outings like that too.

Posted on 01-Aug-06 at 11:15 am | Permalink
Hope wrote:

Hi there! I found a link to your blog thru another blog and I’m glad I did Not only do you knit beautifully (I love the brightly colored sock you’re working on!), but it’s nice to see someone else with similar interests. My family just returned home from the NYSEA Pageant of Steam. Tom, my husband, has been showing 1920 Case engine there for years. I’m going to have to show him your pictures and links to The Great Oregon Steam-Up. I have a feeling he’s going to want to start saving for a future trip to Oregon! Thank you so much for sharing!

Posted on 24-Aug-06 at 1:00 pm | Permalink