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: Red Mesh Swirl

22 Mar 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: Red Mesh Swirl-my own Yarn: Jade Sapphire, Lacey Lamb. (rav link) 100% merino. Colorway “225” Yardage: three 825 yard (754 meter) balls; I held three strands together throughout. Fiber Source: Knitting Nation Needles: 4.00 mm (US 6s) 36″ circulars If you’d like more FO Friday posts, visit Tami’s blog. Related posts FO: Mayur FO: The Shawl Without A Name Ghosts & Mirrors Things & Ideas No related posts.

Things & Ideas

20 Mar 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 other WIP Wednesdays … here. THING(s) have been moving and IDEAS(!) have been brewing lately. (Which is great, because there was a bit of stuckifyedness there for a bit.) Yarn has been balled. Swatches have been knit. An old idea has been picked back up again. Words have been written. (Don’t worry, there are k2togs that go into that chart. I “sketch” by charting out the pattern with yarn overs, and adding the decreases in later, this chart isn’t quite done yet.) And charted. Shawls have been blocked. Patterns sent to the tech editor. Well damn. If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog. Related articles Slow Knitting Progress in 10 Coming Up Next Sweater...

FO: Mayur

15 Mar 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: Mayur-My own (the pattern will be available soon) Yarn: Unplanned Peacock Studios Superwash Merino Fingering. 100% superwash merino. Colorways “slate” & “robin’s egg Yardage: one 490 yard (448 meter) skein in each color Fiber Source: Unplanned Peacock Studios. Thanks so much for the yarn Natasha! Needles: 4.00 mm (US 6s) 40″ circulars If you’d like more FO Friday posts, visit Tami’s blog. Related posts FO: Aella FO: The Shawl Without A Name Ghosts & Mirrors No related posts.

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.