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

a case for waiting and watching – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 35

03 Apr 2015

The Self-Made Wardrobe

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 239 – Friday, March 27th black sweater // black tank top // graphic silk circle skirt black tights // black shoes // pocket watch necklace // bead crochet bracelet Day 240 – Saturday, March 28th purple sweater // black tank top // jeans black scarf // sneakers // various rings Day 241 – Sunday, March 29 handknit sweater dress // black tank top black leggings // black scarf // various rings Day 242 – Monday, March 30th black sweater // black tank top // jeans black scarf // black flats // bead crochet bracelets // various rings Day 243 – Tuesday, March 31st purple sweater // black tank top // black maxi...

a week of shawls and swatches

01 Apr 2015

what's in the works

Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on. Not much making this week. Lots of pattern writing & finalizing though. Ordo, the shawl on top is coming out soon-soon. The pattern for Noella (the red shawl), is now up on Ravelry – if you’ve been around awhile you might recognize it from a couple years ago, if you don’t recognize it hop on over and check it out. And because I’m not sure I could ever go a week without knitting, I bound off the secret knitting I’ve been working on, and did some swatching. (because swatching is awesome.) No related posts.

some thoughts on 15 minute projects – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 34

27 Mar 2015

The Self-Made Wardrobe

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 232 – Friday, March 20th purple sweater // black tank top // graphic silk circle skirt black tights // brown boots // pocket watch necklace // various rings Day 233 – Saturday, March 21st Archer button up // black tank top // jeans!! pocket watch necklace // various rings // sneakers Day 234 – Sunday, March 22nd handspun sweater // black tank top // graphic silk circle skirt black tights // brown boots // robot necklace // various rings Day 235 – Monday, March 23rd Versio sweater // black tank top // jeans!!! black heels // robot necklace // various rings Day 236 – Tuesday, March 24th purple sweater // black tank...

Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.