yarn along

 i'm joining the yarn along today with my follow your arrow knit-a-long . . . with anzula squishy in mauve and koigu kpm in a maroon color.

this is just about before i finished clue 2. i'm now ready to begin clue 3b . .

i love how the wine colored tints come out in the light . . 

i've been reading doing psychoanalysis in tehran, by gohar homayounpour. it's very interesting and i find her writing honest and pertinent. here's a quote from page 53 which i thought my friend san would enjoy reading, as it seems to always be grey and rainy whenever i check the weather on my phone for her town:

this is one of the most treasured characteristics of my city: the sun is always there, every morning, like a fathful lover. i once asked a british friend: "why did you choose to live in tehran?"

she said, "because of the sun; you people take it for granted. do you know what it means for a londoner to have sunny days, every day of the year, day in and day out? no, you do not know; you've always had it; you expect it, you do not even get disappointed if it is not there one day; you find the rain romantic. you say: 'good, we have rain; the country needs water.' you know you can afford to make such grandiose comments because you know the sun always comes back to you. i hate the rain; i would rather watch my whole country dry up than ever see a drop of rain again. does that answer your question? i moved to tehran for the sun! i do not want any of the privileges london has to offer if it means having to tolerate rain, rain, and more rain."

tehran seems like one of those magical places to me; along with st. petersburg.