Speaking of the Lincoln, we took it for a short drive yesterday morning. I LOVE it. I just bought the original manual for it off Ebay. Ebay is such a great thing. I keep doing searches, looking for a few parts we need to fix it up.
I haven't been able to accomplish much knitting this week-- I was focused on cleaning the house after my sale on Wednesday, although I did finish my SIL's mittens, and am currently working on an ornament for an ornament swap I'm in. I've decided, I think, to knit up some small felted mittens. I have to do 15, but they work up rather quickly. I've also placed THREE orders for Highland Wool from Elann. I know, I'm crazy, but I just keep thinking of more projects to do with it. So far, I have purchased 10 balls of Spiced Wine for the sweater in Last Minute Knitted Gifts, 3 balls Dried Herb for a hat for someone for Christmas, 4 balls Oxford Grey Heather for a scarf for Christmas, and most recently I placed an order for 4 balls Mocha Heather, 3 balls Harvest Heather and 4 balls Oregano. I'm obsessed, I know!
Here's SIL's Mittens:
The elann yarn I've received so far:
And here is what we did on Sunday-- fired the trebuchet into the woods behind our house.
Here's a picture of the guys setting it up
The guy with the funny hat is our vet. He is such a hoot-- we were all disappointed he didn't bring his bagpipes over to play.
And yes, that says Trogdor as in Trogdor the Burninator from Homestarrunner.com. I told you these guys are cuckoo! It even has dragon spikes if you can see them!
Close up of the basket where the weights go:
Ready to fire:
An action shot:
The pumpkins went pretty far-- they did better than last year. Here is their fate after the boys went to hunt them down:
Some of the boys that came found an old doll head in the woods, and they wanted to fire it off-- here's what dh did for them (the spookiest thing I've ever seen!):