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

 
 
 

maybe, possibly, hopefully, the last of the shawl geometry shawl shape swatches

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12 Apr 2017
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Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at. I’m very, very, very tempted to say the last of the Shawl Geometry swatches have been blocked. But I know that every time I’ve said that before, I end up with more swatches to block. So, I’ve hopefully blocked the last swatches, but there may be one or two final, final ones. Next it’s graphics, and photos, then more edits, then technical edits, and then more edits, then the second round of technical edits, then proofing edits, and final edits. Whew. I have to admit, if I had know this project would have taken over a year, I don’t think I ever would have started it. No related posts.

shawl shape swatches and a messy desk

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05 Apr 2017
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Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at. Swatches and flowers and glasses oh my! When I was taking this photo of my desk in it’s currently full state, I completely missed the fact that there’s actually two piles of swatches. The first being the knit shawl shape swatches, for the update of the third book in the Shawl Geometry Series. And the second being the pile of fabric swatches over on the right hand side, which are actually for a dance piece that I’m building things for. But this has been the state of my desk for awhile now – piles of project pieces accumulating all over the place. Maybe in between blocking Shawl Geometry swatches, I’ll clean off my desk this week. 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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