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

Christmas Knitting Update

27 Dec 2012

General Stuffs

Well, my goal was 2 shawls and 1 hat in the 5 days before Christmas. I managed to finish 1 shawl, and most of the hat, as well as start the 2nd shawl by Christmas morning. I’m calling it a win. I finished my sister’s shawl. 1 skein of Zen String Lotus Toes in Calliope, from forever ago, knit on US 5s (3.75mm) (maybe my family reading this can guilt her into getting me a better photo.) My dad’s hat is now done. Simple, simple hat, knit with 1 skein of Berroco Ultra Alpaca, and 1 skein of Cascade 220, knit on US 9s (5.5mm). And my mom’s shawl is rather far along considering I started it Sunday night. 3 balls of a red lace weight, held together, on US 6s (4.00mm). I’m totally calling this a win. But it was also a completely crazypants idea. Please remind...

Christmas Knitting

19 Dec 2012

what's in the works, WIP Wednesdays

So I’ll keep this short because I need to get back to Christmas knitting. Two shawls, one hat, five days till Christmas. Totally a good idea. So far I have half a shawl. This is still a good idea (or so I keep telling myself.) If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts, visit Tami’s blog. No related posts.

FO: Zavia

17 Dec 2012

FOs

Because who wouldn’t want to start a Monday with a finished object? Pattern: Zavia-My own (the pattern will be available soon-ish) Yarn: Madelinetosh “Tosh Merino Light”. 100% superwash merino. Colorway “City Lights” Yardage: one 420 yard (384 meter) skein Fiber Source: Knitty City Needles: 5.00 mm (US 8s) 36″ circulars No related posts.

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.