Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.

This online space has been around in one form or another since 2010, it focuses on making, creativity and living a curious life, plus a lot of clothing.

Some of the projects I've worked on in the past 10+ years include...

Talking About Clothes with Holly Chayes

An interview podcast that's all about clothing (and also, not *really* about clothing at all). Find all the details and listen to conversations about comfort, style, change and shopping here. Or search for Talking About Clothes with Holly Chayes wherever you listen to podcasts.

Who Wears Who?

A personal style coaching and content practice devoted to helping you own and wear your clothes intentionally, instead of being worn by them. Discover your own style guidance, and learn more about the practice of intentional style at WhoWearsWho.com

The Self-Made Wardrobe Project

Predecessor to Who Wears Who, a year-long challenge in 2014/2015 where I only wore clothes I made. That year would have been a lot easier if the clothes had magically made themselves. Learn more about The Self-Made Wardrobe Project and explore the archives here.

The Shawl Geometry Book Series

Enough shawl shapes to keep you knitting for a lifetime. A multi-year exploration of math, shape and space in knitting, where I documented traditional shawl shaping, and iterated on those traditions to create new recipes of shawl shaping. Ultimately this lead to 75+ shapes, and 400+ pages of common and uncommon shawl shaping instructions. This project was inspired by a dozen individual shawl designs, each encapsulating a love of geometric lace design. You can find The Shawl Geometry Series here.

 

Thank you for being here with me. –Holly

 
 
 

weaving in many ends, sewing together many yards, and editing many, many words

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24 May 2017
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Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at. Picking away at projects one end at a time, one stitch at a time, and one word at a time. I’m continuing to work my way through weaving in the ends of a sweater with a million ends. And I spent most of yesterday sewing 7 yards of a bright red silk for a theater project. While carving out times to edit many words about knitted shawl shaping. No related posts.

weaving in ends, and a colorful to-do list

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17 May 2017
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Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at. Rather than casting on for a new knitting project this week, I picked up an old, old, old knitting project that just needs a TON of ends woven in. I figure if I weave in a couple ends every evening, the sweater will get done faster than if I shove it in a bag at the back of my closet for another year or two. And the edits for Shawl Geometry Book 3 continue. But I now have a brightly color to-do list for the project. No related posts.

writing, and editing, and contemplating a knitting project

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10 May 2017
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Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at. “My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who will work the hardest at it, and will work with the most honest purpose, will work the best.” –Anthony Trollope via Brain Pickings I’m finding this an oddly comforting quote at the moment, and contemplating finding a new knitting project (or maybe a shoemaking project). Tippity, tap, tap, tap. Tippity, tap, tap, tap. Tippity, tap, tap, tap. No related posts.
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About – Holly Chayes

I’m Holly, a style and wardrobe consultant.
In short, I fix broken wardrobes.

In long(er), I work with you to bring your clothing into alignment with who you are, and who you feel you are meant to be.

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