Hello and welcome! I’m Holly Chayes

I help makers, thinkers, builders, operators, creators, etc. implement solid containers for creative chaos, and functional systems for sustainable momentum, all in aid of making a life or business you love. 

Right now I’m working with people and businesses in a couple capacities… 

Business

Business coaching and consulting for small businesses ready to dig into the practicalities of what’s next.

When you’ve graduated from mindset-only to mindset+ 

When you’ve built something that functions but doesn’t flow yet.

When you’ve outgrown and overrun what used to work.

Whatever your stuck, we can get you moving on to what’s next.

Learn more and get in touch here

Individual

Life and clothing magic for individuals who thought they would be more prepared for this moment.

Personal or professional.

Once in a lifetime or every day.

A surprise or something you’ve been working towards for years.

Whatever this moment is, we can get you ready for it.

Discover more here

Projects

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spinning, editing, and a new wardrobe challenge!

Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.

spinning yarn and editing shawl shaping

Summer 2017 10x10 Plaid Shirt+Black Jeans 4

It has been a week of writing, and editing, and spinning away.

The spinning project continues – I’ve always loved how easy it is fit spindle spinning into a couple of minutes here and there throughout the day.

The rewriting/editing continues – and continues, and continues, and continues.

And I stared a new style blog! If you’ve been around for awhile, and enjoyed following along with The Self-Made Wardrobe Project, I think you’ll really enjoy this project. My aim is to explore a more curious, conscientious, sustainable approach to clothing and style – with that in mind the blog is called Who Wears Who?

I’m kicking things off by joining in on the Summer 10×10 Wardrobe Challenge hosted by Caroline of Un-Fancy, and Lee of Style Bee. The basic premise of the 10×10 Wardrobe Challenge is to create a wardrobe of 10 pieces, that will create (at least) 10 looks, to be worn over 10 days – 10 pieces of clothing, 10 looks, 10 days, it has a beautiful symmetry to it.

It’s been about two years since I did a (non-travel prompted) wardrobe challenge, so I’m having tons of fun with this one. Today is Day 3, so there’s still time to catch up, and even join in if you want to. Come over, check out the new blog, which you can find here at Who Wears Who?, let me know what you think and be sure to follow along with the summer 10×10 wardrobe challenge over on Instagram.

spinning yarn, and editing words

Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.

spinning yarn and editing

It’s been one of those weeks where I had no interest in working on fixing a fair isle project. I didn’t have time to sit down and focus on it, plus my brain was just not going to click into a project that complicated.

So I pulled out a couple ounces of merino spinning fiber, and my trusty spindle. I have about 50 grams each of the bright-aqua, and the royal blue. I split both colors in half, then spun half of one and half of the other into one single. And plan to do the same with the second half. Then I’ll ply them together into a heavy laceweight 2-ply yarn.

For me spinning projects are always a nice light project that I never have to think too much about, or plan too carefully.

Shawl Geometry Book Three edits continue. Though at this point many pages are being straight up rewritten, and I’m starting to wonder what I’m going to do for a photography background once I’m finished.

getting a fair isle pattern to line up across a three needle bind off

Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.

fair isle three needle bind off

knitting fair isle nonseamless

knitting fair isle seamlessly

It turns out that transforming a sweater into a pillow might not be the most seamless of transformations.

My original plan with this piece of fabric was to turn it into a steeked cardigan with a fair amount of shaping, so I’ve had to do a bit of fudging to get the pattern to line up (semi)seamlessly across the three-needle bind off.

After a bit of ripping out and reknitting it looks pretty good, so I’m going to leave it, weave in a ton of ends, and find some stuffing.

 

(Shawl Geometry Book 3 edits continue, and I have nothing interesting to say about them.)