Jude Hsiang
@jude-hsiang.bsky.social
Gardener
Dyer/instructor (plants, lichens, fungi)
Knitter
Weaver
Mainer
Dyer/instructor (plants, lichens, fungi)
Knitter
Weaver
Mainer
"Less than..." was the real shocker.
February 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"Less than..." was the real shocker.
Loved the collards.
February 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Loved the collards.
I haven't seen the Super Bowl in decades, and I'd hardly heard of Bad Bunny before all the bruhaha. If I had access, I'd tune in just for his performance while eating a burrito and drinking a Modelo. I never imagined I'd develop respect for the NFL.
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I haven't seen the Super Bowl in decades, and I'd hardly heard of Bad Bunny before all the bruhaha. If I had access, I'd tune in just for his performance while eating a burrito and drinking a Modelo. I never imagined I'd develop respect for the NFL.
Always good advice. Pass it on. I swiped this photo from somewhere on the internet a while back. The speed limit on my road is 10 MPH.
February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Always good advice. Pass it on. I swiped this photo from somewhere on the internet a while back. The speed limit on my road is 10 MPH.
#showmeyourknits The next letter of the alphabet. Mine is K; unless I've lost my way along the thread. So I'm KNITTING a Fair Isle sweater for my friend. I'll post a picture in a week or so when it's finished/blocked.
February 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
#showmeyourknits The next letter of the alphabet. Mine is K; unless I've lost my way along the thread. So I'm KNITTING a Fair Isle sweater for my friend. I'll post a picture in a week or so when it's finished/blocked.
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Watch this, it's astonishing.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Watch this, it's astonishing.
Today I visited friends whose farm is home to these lovely Jacob sheep ladies and their sheep, goat, dog, cat, chicken, and duck companions. I knit my gray shawl with yarn spun from their wool combined with angora from the goats. I don't miss raising sheep myself nowadays--20F was today's high.
February 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Today I visited friends whose farm is home to these lovely Jacob sheep ladies and their sheep, goat, dog, cat, chicken, and duck companions. I knit my gray shawl with yarn spun from their wool combined with angora from the goats. I don't miss raising sheep myself nowadays--20F was today's high.
A friend my age (mid 70s) knowing of my Asian connections, asked me if would be considered "cultural appropriation" to continue masking due to her poor health. I answered that the Japanese, and others, know that masking prevents illness. It's not "cultural," it's science.
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 PM
A friend my age (mid 70s) knowing of my Asian connections, asked me if would be considered "cultural appropriation" to continue masking due to her poor health. I answered that the Japanese, and others, know that masking prevents illness. It's not "cultural," it's science.
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this is absolutely delightful
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
this is absolutely delightful
#showmeyourknits Grays come around again. Although I'm a natural dyer focusing on strong colors, I love natural sheep's grays. Clockwise from top: pale gray scarf, dark jacket worn over the vest in yesterday's 6 F temps, my V-neck, one of my husband's heavy fishing sweaters. More in the closet.
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM
#showmeyourknits Grays come around again. Although I'm a natural dyer focusing on strong colors, I love natural sheep's grays. Clockwise from top: pale gray scarf, dark jacket worn over the vest in yesterday's 6 F temps, my V-neck, one of my husband's heavy fishing sweaters. More in the closet.
It's too cold to work in the unheated woodshop, so we're making a new kitchen counter in the house. Getting ready to glue up some lovely black cherry planks after milling and 3 years drying. "You can never have too many clamps." sez this long-time carpenter's helper.
January 25, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It's too cold to work in the unheated woodshop, so we're making a new kitchen counter in the house. Getting ready to glue up some lovely black cherry planks after milling and 3 years drying. "You can never have too many clamps." sez this long-time carpenter's helper.
#showmeyourknits Week 78 is for garter stitch which I often use to make baby blankets and lap robes for local charities. I'm keeping the 2 pillows shown here which were knit with leftovers of my naturally dyed wool worsted scraps, 3 strands held together.
January 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
#showmeyourknits Week 78 is for garter stitch which I often use to make baby blankets and lap robes for local charities. I'm keeping the 2 pillows shown here which were knit with leftovers of my naturally dyed wool worsted scraps, 3 strands held together.
The forecast is snow and ICE.
We Mainers are well prepared.
We Mainers are well prepared.
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The forecast is snow and ICE.
We Mainers are well prepared.
We Mainers are well prepared.
Time to clean out our closets.
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Time to clean out our closets.
The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence.
Possession, A.S. Byatt
Possession, A.S. Byatt
January 18, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence.
Possession, A.S. Byatt
Possession, A.S. Byatt
Started a Fair Isle sweater for a friend.
January 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Started a Fair Isle sweater for a friend.
Someday the White House will be clean again. Meanwhile, we can clean our closets, attics.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Someday the White House will be clean again. Meanwhile, we can clean our closets, attics.
“The purpose of science was to revive and cultivate a perpetual state of wonder. For nothing deserved wonder so much as our capacity to feel it.”
Richard Powers, The Gold Bug Variations
Richard Powers, The Gold Bug Variations
January 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM
“The purpose of science was to revive and cultivate a perpetual state of wonder. For nothing deserved wonder so much as our capacity to feel it.”
Richard Powers, The Gold Bug Variations
Richard Powers, The Gold Bug Variations
Delightful! I love colorwork but usually make practical rugged mittens.
January 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Delightful! I love colorwork but usually make practical rugged mittens.
#Showmeyourknits All HANDS! My often used fingerless mitts. Pattern: Maine Morning Mitts by Clara Parkes.
Left: naturally dyed wool worsted. From the wrist up: apple twigs, Osage orange chips, walnut chips, birch inner bark.
Right: Mossy green vintage Shetland fingering yarn held double.
Left: naturally dyed wool worsted. From the wrist up: apple twigs, Osage orange chips, walnut chips, birch inner bark.
Right: Mossy green vintage Shetland fingering yarn held double.
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
#Showmeyourknits All HANDS! My often used fingerless mitts. Pattern: Maine Morning Mitts by Clara Parkes.
Left: naturally dyed wool worsted. From the wrist up: apple twigs, Osage orange chips, walnut chips, birch inner bark.
Right: Mossy green vintage Shetland fingering yarn held double.
Left: naturally dyed wool worsted. From the wrist up: apple twigs, Osage orange chips, walnut chips, birch inner bark.
Right: Mossy green vintage Shetland fingering yarn held double.