u/averageanchovy

I have been contemplating getting back into playing an instrument more and more recently. When I was younger, I played the recorder, the western concert flute, the tin whistle, and the drums. Unfortunately, my life went sideways about 20 years ago and I hadn't played since.

I stumbled upon Team Recorder on YouTube as I was tossing the idea around. Her videos are so lovely and enthusiastic, it made me miss playing even more. So I decided I would pick up the recorder again to see how that feels. I gave myself a budget of $50. As I was contemplating which plastic recorder to buy, it occurred to me that I should check Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. It just so happened someone was selling an all wood Adri's Dream for $50! But they were 2 hours away. I reached out to the seller, and it just so happened that he already had plans to head an hour in my direction on the same day I already had plans to head towards his direction 1 hour, so we met in the middle! (Don't worry, I did NOT leave it baking in the car under the hot summer sun as I went about my original plans for the day. It came inside with me everywhere.)

It hadn't been played in a quite a while, and had some powdery surface mold/mildew inside and outside, so I had to get that cleaned up, but I'm so happy with it. I ordered a method book to get me back up to speed, but I really wanted to give it a go now and I remembered "Au claire de la lune" from when I first learned the recorder and the flute, so I went for it, and it sounds quite lovely. My only regret with getting a wood one is I have to play it in, and I'm itching to practice longer!

I'm a fairly experienced crocheter, but this is my first time trying to make a cardigan. This cardigan is worked from the bottom up, and has you start with the band across the bottom edge of the cardigan, then it will be turned 90 degrees and worked from the long edge. My band its twisting though, and I'm not sure if I should keep going and it will get better as I work the rest of the panel and then let blocking take care of the rest, or if it needs to be redone.

This is the pattern:

https://www.allaboutami.com/olivewood-cardigan/

We got a new roof, and in a few places where roof meets siding (like our bay window, and porches) they put flashing in with a bend and cut through our siding to accomodate it. It looks wrong to me, but I don't know much about roofing. This is our first time getting a new roof.