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?

A personal style coaching and content practice devoted to helping you own and wear your clothes intentionally, instead of being worn by them. Discover your own style guidance, and learn more about the practice of intentional style at WhoWearsWho.com

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

 
 
 

That Time of Year Again

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10 Dec 2010
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It’s that time of year again. When right before Thanksgiving everyone seems to realize all at once that we’re barreling towards the end of the semester at a pace much to quick for comfort, and then in what feels like an instant we’re in the middle of December. When all of the details for all the final projects, papers and presentations are solidified, and now need to be turned out at an alarming rate. Just when the crazy among us are beginning to realize that our holiday crafting might be a wee bit ambitious. And all I can seem to bring myself to knit during the endless amounts of reading, writing, and studying is, a blue stockinette tube, knit in the round, across US size five DPNs, out of JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk held double. (luckily, I actually do want a blue stockinette tube in my life.) No related posts.

20% off Sale

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24 Nov 2010
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Just to let you know in honor of many Americans spending tomorrow (or Friday, in my case) stuffing our faces, and then on Friday, all stampeding to the malls and department stores to spend vast sums of money (or not, in my case), I’m offering 20% off all my patterns (no coupon code required) from today (Nov 24th) till midnight (EST) on November 28th. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the U.S., and Happy Thursday to everyone outside the U.S. No related posts.

Hello Again

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21 Nov 2010
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It’s been awhile (again, sorry bout that), lots and lots and lots of stuff has been happening. The condensed version of events. Knitting has continued (Icy Fields is this close to being done and Christmas knitting has been started). Some spinning has occurred (not enough to get excited about though). Some frogging has happened (the project just wasn’t meant to be). One project has been finished (Liesl! YAY!!!!) Another is off the needles (The knitting on Walk in the Woods is done, but I can’t remember if I’ve talked about this yet, I don’t think I have). I had a design submission accepted somewhere (which will almost definitely be hush-shush knitting and not see the light of day on this blog until it’s published). Another two designs are being written up then prepping and preening to go off to test knitters (if you’d like to test knit let me know,...
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About – Holly Chayes

I’m Holly, a style and wardrobe consultant.
In short, I fix broken wardrobes.

In long(er), I work with you to bring your clothing into alignment with who you are, and who you feel you are meant to be.

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