Holly Chayes

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?

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

FO: Xylia

08 Apr 2014

FOs

Want a week of FOs? This is your week. Pattern: Xylia. also available part of Shawls to Play With Yarn: Cascade, Forest Hills Colorways: “09- Nugget Gold″ Yardage: 2 skeins Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5s) 40″ circulars Dimensions: 35 inches (89 cm) in diameter, blocked Xylia is part of the Shawls to Play With collection. Shawls to Play With is a collection of four elegantly simple shawl patterns designed to open up a new world of shawl knitting possibilities. Find out more about the collection. No related posts.

FO: Gratia

07 Apr 2014

FOs

Want a week of FOs? This is your week. Pattern: Gratia. also available part of Shawls to Play With Yarn: Madeline Tosh, Prairie Colorways: “flashdance″ Yardage: 1 skein Needles: 3.25 mm (US 3s) 40″ circulars Dimensions: 32 inches (81 cm) in diameter, blocked Gratia is part of the Shawls to Play With collection. Shawls to Play With is a collection of four elegantly simple shawl patterns designed to open up a new world of shawl knitting possibilities. Find out more about the collection. No related posts.

I believe knitting is meant to be played with.

03 Apr 2014

Pattern Releases

Shawls to Play With is an adventure. Adventure. An adventure in expanding ideas and broadening horizons. Curiosity. Opening doors that might have been hidden in plain sight. It’s about seeing things, not only as they are, but also as they could be. Elegance. It’s elegance. But not effortlessness. Simplicity. Starting simply. Then getting even simpler. Flexibility. It’s playing, experimenting, and questioning. Seeing something. Then wondering “what if…” Expansiveness. Playing with the idea. Adaptation. Beginning with one thing. Then making it your own. Play. Shawls to Play With is about dancing within constraints. adventure. curiosity. elegance. simplicity. flexibility. expansiveness. adaptation. play. Play. Knitting is meant to be played with. The Juicy Details: – 1 PDF – 28 pages – 4 shawl patterns – 32 photos – 5 articles – 1 final love letter for $15. You can get Shawls to Play With Here. Or here on Ravelry. These patterns are also...

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.