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

Who doesn’t like an almost FO?

22 May 2013

what's in the works, WIP Wednesdays

I’m always working on some project or another, and most weeks I talk about what I’m working on Wednesdays as part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. You can see past WIP Wednesdays … right this way. I’m THIS close to being finished with by brown and green shawl knit out of Plucky Knitter yarn. I’m thinking just a couple more rows before the bind off. YAY! While the colors on this second photo are awful, you can see the garter/stockinette detailing better. And because of the garter/stockinette patterning, I think the back is just as interesting as the front. I’ve spent the past week editing away on the Shawl Geometry book. I’m super excited! Would you like to be the first to know when the Shawl Geometry book becomes available? Sign up to receive updates by email. If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts, from other bloggers, visit Tami’s...

Shawl Geometry: Shallower Triangle

20 May 2013

Shawl Geometry

This is the sixth post in a series about different shawl shapes and how to knit them. All the posts in the series can be found right here. The Shallower Triangle shape has the same shaping placements as the Right Triangle, however the rates of shaping are different. Rather than working a pair of increases (or decreases) at the center spine and a single increase (or decrease) along either edge every other row – you work a pair of increases (or decreases) at the center spine every third row, and a single increase (or decrease) along either edge every row. Shallower Triangle from the top down Knitting Instructions CO 7sts. {4 border sts + 2 sections + 1 spine} R1: k2, yo, k1, yo, pm, k1, pm, yo, k1, yo, k2. R2: p2, yo, p to last 2sts, yo, p2. R3: k2, yo, k to last 2sts, yo, k2. R4:...

FO: Lapidarius

17 May 2013

FOs

I’m always working on some project or another, which means I often have FOs and new designs to share. You can see all my FOs … here … and all my designs … here. Pattern: Lapidarius-my own Yarn: The Verdant Gryphon, Mithril 100% merino. Colorway “interior″ Yardage: one 750 yard (686 meter) skein Fiber Source: The Verdant Gryphon Needles: 3.00 mm (US 2.5s) 36″ circulars Related posts Looking back at knitting Gene Tierney Even More Swatches Administraaavia! No related posts.

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.