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

 
 
 

happiest of happy new years-es…

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30 Dec 2015
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Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on. No crafting – just a week of eating, reading, and cuddling with puppy dogs. (Plus finding long forgotten rubber duckies, while unpacking boxes from 3 moves ago that have been living at my parent’s house for years…) Happiest of happy new years-es!! Have an amazing end of 2015! No related posts.

a Thursday morning, Christmas eve, usually Wednesday crafting update

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24 Dec 2015
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Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on. No knitting, or sewing, or spinning, or weaving this week, just packing boxes, shuffling boxes from one place to another, and running moving errands + Christmas errands + travel errands (which is far too many errands). In all that, this week seemed to disappear in a puff of smoke, and Wednesday melded right into Thursday. But the disappearance of this week, also means that (unlike last year) I didn’t decide to craft Christmas gifts with only one week to go!! (Which may not be a win for any gift recipients, but is definitely a win for my stress levels.) If you’re getting ready to celebrate Christmas – have an amazing holiday! And if not – have a great weekend anyway! No related posts.

moving sucks and I have a lot of yarn

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16 Dec 2015
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Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on. You never know how much yarn you have till you pack it all into boxes. I’m moving on Monday, so it’s been packing and donating, and sorting, and tossing, and returning, and cursing the amount of yarn and fabric I’ve managed to acquire. I’m pretty positive that I own more “potential clothing” in the forms of yarn and fabric, than I own “wearable clothing.” But between the packing and the cursing, I wove in a kagillion ends, washed, and blocked my piles of handwoven fabric. Of course, I finished them and they went straight into a box. But at least they’re done. No related posts.
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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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