Yarn Basket and Knitting by Rain Window

Skeins of red, indigo, and mustard yarn pile inside a woven wicker basket resting on a wooden table. Beside it, a partially completed knitted piece in cream wool drapes over a needle, its stitches catching the flat, diffused noon light filtering through a rain-streaked window. Droplets slide down the glass, blurring the gray Hohhot street outside while soft lamplight settles into the room corners. The rough texture of the basket contrasts with the smooth, twisted fibers of the yarn. A faint reflection of the colorful skeins appears on the wet windowpane, at the base of the quiet domestic moment in the early summer afternoon.