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

Baby’s Magic Blankie

24 Aug 2010

Pattern Releases

Baby’s Magic Blankie is now available for purchase as a download, for $6.00 either on Ravelry, or directly through the blog by clicking this buy now button. If you like this pattern you may also wish to purchase A Study in Grey, the shawl pattern that inspired this blanket. You can buy both patterns at the same time for $9.00 total, either on Ravelry, or directly through the blog by clicking this buy now button. Based on the shawl A Study in Grey, this blanket has the same fundamental elements, but is knit on larger needles with a heavier yarn for a faster knit. This pattern also calls for a machine washable yarn, to make it as household friendly as possible. Available in two sizes, the baby size is perfect for bundling a baby up in, while the adult size is great for pulling around yourself while watching a movie...

A Study in Grey

24 Aug 2010

Pattern Releases

A Study in Grey is now available for purchase as a download, for $6.00 either on Ravelry, or directly through the blog by clicking this buy now button. If you like this pattern you may also wish to purchase Baby’s Magic Blankie, a blanket (available in a baby as well as adult size) pattern inspired by this shawl. You can buy both patterns at the same time for $9.00 total, either on Ravelry, or directly through the blog by clicking this buy now button. Knit out of 100% baby alpaca, A Study in Grey looks great carefully draped over an elegant evening dress for a dinner party, casually thrown on over jeans and a shirt for a day of running errands, or wrapped around your shoulders to combat the air conditioning in a too chilly office building. The garter-based, knit on border lends a nice contrast to stockinette-based body, while...

The Front Without Changing Pictures

15 Aug 2010

Uncategorized

On the pattern writing, and 10kH front (or the front without changing pictures), last Friday a friend and I did a 2 hour long, 10 piece photo shoot. Outside, in the middle of the afternoon, in the middle of August. That was an experience I hope never to repeat (though I probably will), but we had been trying to schedule this all summer, so I wasn’t going to let a little heat get in the way. Next in the pipelines pattern wise is lining up test knitters for the Dancing Girls Scarf. I’ve got two test knitters, and am still looking for a third. I’m hoping to have the Dancing Girls scarf done and out to testers today or tomorrow. Once I’ve gotten okays from all of my test knitters for A Study in Grey and the blankie, I’ll proof the patterns, get photos of the blankie, and publish the...

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.