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

To Read Over Coffee #4

11 Jul 2015

To Read Over Coffee

A collection of links from the past few weeks that I think are interesting/amusing/educational/insightful enough to read/watch/listen & think about over a cup of coffee (or out in the sunshine). Make Teresa over at Canary Knits is teaming up with Jean Chung of Candy + Bagel to host a Handmade Fashion Challenge! I love a good making challenge, and am going to try to participate (depending on how burned out I am after the self-made wardrobe project wraps up.) Jean posted her Handmade Fashion Challenge Mini Collection plans. Penny at Little Acorn Creations interviewed Beverly of PoMoGolightly about teaching, designing, and daily art making. Knitsonik started a blog post series about swatching, which I can’t wait to follow!! I really enjoy swatching, and her swatches a pretty damn epic. Fashion O, The Oprah Magazine gave a stupid ass tidbit of advice on how to (or more specifically who can) wear...

Endings are always complicated – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 49

10 Jul 2015

The Self-Made Wardrobe, thoughts & things

The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made. It’s a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels – it’s a year about noticing patterns, trying things, and observing what happens. Day 337 – Friday, July 3rd black tank top // pirate skirt bicycle necklace // various rings // sandal wedges Day 338 – Saturday, July 4th black tank top // grey maxi skirt robot clock necklace // various rings // sandal wedges Day 339 – Sunday, July 5th black tank top // black maxi skirt robot clock necklace // bracelets // rings // flip flops Day 340 – Monday, July 6th black tank top // pirate skirt pocket watch necklace // bracelet // rings // sandal wedges Day 341 – Tuesday, July 7th black tank top // black maxi skirt robot clock necklace // rings // flip flops Day 342 – Wednesday, July...

a slowly growing pile of granny squares

08 Jul 2015

what's in the works

Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on. What I’m Working On… : a slowly growing pile of crocheted granny squares. : trying not to melt in this NYC humidity & consuming all the ice tea. No related posts.

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.