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: Aella

01 Feb 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: Aella-My own (the pattern will be available soon-ish) Yarn: Anzula “Cloud”. 80% merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon. Colorway “boysenberry” Yardage: one 575 yard (526 meter) skein Fiber Source: Purl Soho Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5s) 36″ circulars If you’d like more FO Friday posts, visit Tami’s blog. Related posts FO: Ghosts & Mirrors FO: The Shawl Without A Name FO: Zavia FO: Asymmetrical Bluebells No related posts.

Progress in 10

30 Jan 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. I usually work with tiny yarn on tiny needles, and it usually takes awhile to see much progress. So I think this sweater is a little magical. (This is the sweater that I inherited from a friend who was just over it.) I can knit for 10 minutes and complete more than part of a round. Especially now that I’m working on the sleeves, and a round takes about a minute. The plan is to work about 6 inches of black ribbing at the end of each sleeve. Then pick up and knit up one front, around the neck, and down the other front, knit a couple inches to make a band/collar, then add a chunky...

FO: The Shawl Without A Name

25 Jan 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: It’s my own pattern, but it doesn’t have a name yet. If you have a suggestion, let me know. Yarn: Prism “Saki”. 80% merino, 20% nylon. Colorways “Copper Penny” & “Periwinkles” Yardage: one 430 yard (393 meter) skein of each colorway Fiber Source: Knitty City Needles: 4.00 mm (US 6s) 40″ circulars If you’d like more FO Friday posts from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog. Related posts Coming Up Next FO: Ghosts & Mirrors Friday on a Monday 1st Shawl of 2013 No related posts.

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.