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

Crisscross Caps Collection

16 Nov 2010

Pattern Releases

The Crisscross Caps Collection is now available for purchase as a download, for $10.00 either on Ravelry, or directly through the blog by clicking the buy now button. Each of the four hat patterns are also available for purchase and download individually for $3.00 each, either on Ravelry, or directly through the blog by scrolling down and clicking the corresponding buy now button . Fast, fun and unisex, these caps, covered in ribbing and simple to knit, fun to follow cables, make fantastic last minute gifts for friends and family. Easily completed in an evening or two of knitting, this collection of patterns aims to make last minute holiday and gift knitting, at least a little bit, less stressful. Not just for the winter holidays these hats are great for that very important birthday that managed to sneak up on you this year. Or you could even knit one or...

CanaryKnits

14 Nov 2010

Uncategorized

By now this is quite old news but, CanaryKnits recently focused one of her Indie Designer Day profiles on me. I’m flattered, and honored, to be profiled alongside so many other wonderful and fantastic designers. If you don’t already know CanaryKnits, or haven’t gone through and read some of the past profiles she’s done on independent designers, I strongly encourage you to do so there are some really amazing designers there. And as always, if you find a design or a designer you really love, go support them. Even if you can’t by a pattern, comments, and love are good for the soul. Now go look. Really. No related posts.

Photos!

06 Nov 2010

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I forgot I had some (not as many as some) Rhinebeck photos. So here they are. There are some goats, who didn’t seem all that interested in me. One goat who was very interested in playing with the clipboard hanging on the stall, and was quite cute because of it. And finally one who seemed somewhat interested in me. I did get to watch some shearing, but the pictures of that aren’t very clear good. And finally I leave you with pumpkin catapulting. Photos courtesy of my father. No related posts.

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.