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

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

Keep Reading

Shawl Geometry III

Shawl Geometry III is here! YAY!

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Shawl Geometry III: the relationships behind the numbers is the third part of the Shawl Geometry Series, and is nothing like the first two books. It’s not a book of formulas, or step by step knitting instructions. This is a book about theory. It’s geeky, and weird, and crazypants, and totally awesome all at the same time.

This book focuses on the relationships between shawl shapes. It shows how all of the shapes are connected, and how you can turn shape A into shape B into shape C, by slightly manipulating the placement of your increases.

Shawl Geometry III lays out and explains how 37 shawl shapes fit together, and are built off of one another. By explaining how the shapes are all connected, the book demonstrates the relationships between the shapes.

Understanding the relationships in your knitting means you know why and how to turn one shawl shape into another. It puts power and control over your knitting, in your hands.

Come get the book. Or check out the video and the map. Then get the book.

 

 

Here’s the small version of the video, but you can see the large version here.

…and have a fantastic weekend! -Holly

passing the halfway point

I’m always working on some project or another, and most weeks I talk about what I’m working on Wednesdays as part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. You can see past WIP Wednesdays … right this way.

 

Not a whole lot of knitting got done around here this week. I’ve been working like crazy on getting Shawl Geometry III ready for it’s upcoming debut.

But a little knitting isn’t the same as no knitting.

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I passed the halfway point on my green garter stitch shawl. I love reaching the halfway point in side-to-side shawls, because now the rows are getting shorter, and the knitting is going faster, and eventually zoom! it’s done.

That is, if I ever get more than an hour or two a week to work on it.

 

This was part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts, from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog.

FO: Secret Love

I’m always working on some project or another, which means I often have FOs and new designs to share. You can see all my FOs … here … and all my designs … here.

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Fiber: a 4.6oz loop bullseye bump- merino, corriedale, angelina
Fiber Source: loop
Yardage: 350 yards
Yarn Weight: fingering-ish

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If you’d like more FO Friday posts, from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog.