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

leaving snowy New England for warm (if not always sunny) California

Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on. I did manage to finish latch hooking the rug I was working on – but didn’t manage the binding, or to get photos before I left for my flight at ass o’clock in the morning. It’s been sunny & rainy, and warm & chilly, all in equal measures – and even after days of them, I’m still fascinated by palm trees, and delighting over lemon trees. I have more photos than I know what to do with – and not much desire to sit in front of a computer or phone editing them. Photos of architecture, sculptures, fountains, plants, birds, lakes, lights, and about a hundred from the Lacis Textile Museum, which I’ll sort through and edit at some point or other. And at some point soon, I’ll pick up some yarn & needles and start a new knitting...
Read More

finishing a rug and building 75 feet of bookshelves before getting on a plane Friday morning

Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on. As my extended holiday stay/mid-adventuring pit stop at my parent’s house comes to an end, the 10 year in progress latch hook rug just needs a couple more hours of work, 75 ft of bookshelves have been built, half a dozen boxes of books unpacked, a million jewel cases (all containing gems, of course) discovered, and some serious puppy cuddling has gone on. I’m hoping to unpack a couple more boxes, and finish that rug before hopping on a plane to California, at stupid-o’-clock Friday morning. PS! I did an interview with Jill Wolcott, about knitting, designing, and who, what & where inspires me, you can read it over on her blog. No related posts.

tackling a 10 year old project-in-progress

Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on. Unpacking a million boxes has led to re-finding a startling number of long forgotten project – many duds – and some not-so-duds. I started this latch hook rug probably 10 years ago, and rather than stick it back in a box for another 10 years, I’ve been using it to procrastinate tackling mind-numbing stacks of papers. No related posts.