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

Slow Knitting

13 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. Between work and some semi-secret knitting I don’t have much knitting to show. But the neck of my sweater grew! by about an inch 🙂 If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog. Related posts Progress in 10 No related posts.

Sweater Neck

13 Feb 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. My sweater is getting a neck. I’m loving the (relative) instant gratification of this project. If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog. Related posts Progress in 10 Inherited Sweater Coming Up Next No related posts.

Ghosts & Mirrors

12 Feb 2013

Pattern Releases

Ghosts & Mirrors is now available for purchase as a download, for $6.00 either on Ravelry, or directly through the blog … buy now Elegant. Delicate. Luxurious. The shawl ghosts across the shoulders, and triangles mirror themselves to create this geometric stitch pattern. This is a simple rectangular shawl with a crisp clear stitch pattern, and a generous garter stitch border. Pair it with a simple black dress, and a beautiful shawl pin, to make it the epitome of understated elegance. Knit in one piece from cast on to bind off, this pattern uses one skein of lace weight yarn to create a warm but delicate shawl, designed to stun. The vertical lines of the stitch pattern draw the eye all the way up the shawl, while the understated garter border holds it all together. Yarn: 875 yards (800 meters), lace weight Shown in: Bittersweet Woolery, “Sweet Nothings Silken”; 1...

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.