Franklin Habit
@franklinhabit.bsky.social
Author, illustrator, photographer, designer, knitter. American expat in Paris. Textiles fanatic. Host of patreon.com/franklinhabit. Student of Latin, Roman history nut. Devoted fan of The Archers.
It's nearly time to install this year's holiday windows at Les Tricoteurs Volants in Paris. They have been inspired by a charming, quirky 1940s French children's book about learning to knit for your dolls. Full reveal to come...
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's nearly time to install this year's holiday windows at Les Tricoteurs Volants in Paris. They have been inspired by a charming, quirky 1940s French children's book about learning to knit for your dolls. Full reveal to come...
Thaïs is having a fitting. She needs a pompon for her hat and a pair of mitts, but we're basically there for her holiday window outfit.
(Some have asked about the yarn. It's Woolia from Gepard, a very popular workhorse wool at Les Tricoteurs Volants.)
(Some have asked about the yarn. It's Woolia from Gepard, a very popular workhorse wool at Les Tricoteurs Volants.)
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Thaïs is having a fitting. She needs a pompon for her hat and a pair of mitts, but we're basically there for her holiday window outfit.
(Some have asked about the yarn. It's Woolia from Gepard, a very popular workhorse wool at Les Tricoteurs Volants.)
(Some have asked about the yarn. It's Woolia from Gepard, a very popular workhorse wool at Les Tricoteurs Volants.)
Gathering a simple skirt for Thaïs the doll to wear with her colorwork sweater in the holiday window at Les Tricoteurs Volants. The fabric is from my late mother's stash. She loved Christmas decorations more than anything, so I know she would approve.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Gathering a simple skirt for Thaïs the doll to wear with her colorwork sweater in the holiday window at Les Tricoteurs Volants. The fabric is from my late mother's stash. She loved Christmas decorations more than anything, so I know she would approve.
The little sweater that got its steeks cut yesterday is nearing the finish line as I sit at the kitchen table.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The little sweater that got its steeks cut yesterday is nearing the finish line as I sit at the kitchen table.
I took a different line than usual (le 6) to dance practice last night. We got to Bir Hakeim, one of the stations for the Eiffel Tower. An American woman near me turned to her companion and said in a very tremulous voice, "I'm here. I'm really here. I made it."
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I took a different line than usual (le 6) to dance practice last night. We got to Bir Hakeim, one of the stations for the Eiffel Tower. An American woman near me turned to her companion and said in a very tremulous voice, "I'm here. I'm really here. I made it."
In the steeky steeky steeky steeky room.
The sweater for Thaïs, the antique doll for the holiday window at Les Tricoteurs Volants, has had its back and arm openings cut.
Patreon patrons, remember that you can watch me do the securing and cutting in the replay of our most recent workroom live chat.
The sweater for Thaïs, the antique doll for the holiday window at Les Tricoteurs Volants, has had its back and arm openings cut.
Patreon patrons, remember that you can watch me do the securing and cutting in the replay of our most recent workroom live chat.
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the steeky steeky steeky steeky room.
The sweater for Thaïs, the antique doll for the holiday window at Les Tricoteurs Volants, has had its back and arm openings cut.
Patreon patrons, remember that you can watch me do the securing and cutting in the replay of our most recent workroom live chat.
The sweater for Thaïs, the antique doll for the holiday window at Les Tricoteurs Volants, has had its back and arm openings cut.
Patreon patrons, remember that you can watch me do the securing and cutting in the replay of our most recent workroom live chat.
You've got a letter from Paris at Modern Daily Knitting. In which I attempt to get the flock out of here.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
You've got a letter from Paris at Modern Daily Knitting. In which I attempt to get the flock out of here.
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At the Mairie (town hall) of the XVème arrondissement.
Upstairs: our group doing 19th century court ballroom dances.
Downstairs: Breton folk dance with bagpipey-type things.
If this is not recipe for a gang rumble I don't know what is.
Upstairs: our group doing 19th century court ballroom dances.
Downstairs: Breton folk dance with bagpipey-type things.
If this is not recipe for a gang rumble I don't know what is.
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
At the Mairie (town hall) of the XVème arrondissement.
Upstairs: our group doing 19th century court ballroom dances.
Downstairs: Breton folk dance with bagpipey-type things.
If this is not recipe for a gang rumble I don't know what is.
Upstairs: our group doing 19th century court ballroom dances.
Downstairs: Breton folk dance with bagpipey-type things.
If this is not recipe for a gang rumble I don't know what is.
Am on couch, having nearly finished a project. It ends with a three-needle BO. All my 3rd needles are in next room. Do I a) graft instead, b) attempt to use pretzel stick as 3rd needle, c) call neighbor to ask if their kid will come over and fetch needle in exchange for money and/or pretzel stick.
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Am on couch, having nearly finished a project. It ends with a three-needle BO. All my 3rd needles are in next room. Do I a) graft instead, b) attempt to use pretzel stick as 3rd needle, c) call neighbor to ask if their kid will come over and fetch needle in exchange for money and/or pretzel stick.
My favorite toys look like toys. This is another figure for the upcoming holiday windows at Les Tricoteurs Volants.
Adapted from the excellent Emperor Penguin pattern by Planet June to more closely resemble Freddy in "J'apprends à tricoter pour habiller Primevère ma poupée" (1947).
Adapted from the excellent Emperor Penguin pattern by Planet June to more closely resemble Freddy in "J'apprends à tricoter pour habiller Primevère ma poupée" (1947).
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My favorite toys look like toys. This is another figure for the upcoming holiday windows at Les Tricoteurs Volants.
Adapted from the excellent Emperor Penguin pattern by Planet June to more closely resemble Freddy in "J'apprends à tricoter pour habiller Primevère ma poupée" (1947).
Adapted from the excellent Emperor Penguin pattern by Planet June to more closely resemble Freddy in "J'apprends à tricoter pour habiller Primevère ma poupée" (1947).
🎵The fallllling leeeeeeaaves
Fill up my courtyard
The autumn leeeeeaaaves
That smell like mold
The gardieeennnnnnne
Says, "Ça m'fait chier, ça,
For this damn shit
I am too ooooollllllld."🎵
Fill up my courtyard
The autumn leeeeeaaaves
That smell like mold
The gardieeennnnnnne
Says, "Ça m'fait chier, ça,
For this damn shit
I am too ooooollllllld."🎵
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🎵The fallllling leeeeeeaaves
Fill up my courtyard
The autumn leeeeeaaaves
That smell like mold
The gardieeennnnnnne
Says, "Ça m'fait chier, ça,
For this damn shit
I am too ooooollllllld."🎵
Fill up my courtyard
The autumn leeeeeaaaves
That smell like mold
The gardieeennnnnnne
Says, "Ça m'fait chier, ça,
For this damn shit
I am too ooooollllllld."🎵
I only need to make one tassel. But now that I've pinned this one up to dry, I feel like I ought to make two.
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I only need to make one tassel. But now that I've pinned this one up to dry, I feel like I ought to make two.
Just because you *can* make anything with a Cricut doesn't mean you *should.*
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Just because you *can* make anything with a Cricut doesn't mean you *should.*
This post is going to be very honest, but not very nice. Stop doing this stupid "love locks" thing. It's not an old Parisian tradition, it's vandalism. It destroys beautiful old things and costs the city money in repairs that it could spend on schools or hospitals or social services.
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This post is going to be very honest, but not very nice. Stop doing this stupid "love locks" thing. It's not an old Parisian tradition, it's vandalism. It destroys beautiful old things and costs the city money in repairs that it could spend on schools or hospitals or social services.
[Nice animals of my neighborhood, an occasional series]
We are installing the next fashion pop-up on the rue des Petites Ecuries. If those pipelettes back there do not stop with the vape breaks and the yakyak and do work we shall never open! Mais putain! Putain de bordel! Putain de bordel de merde!
We are installing the next fashion pop-up on the rue des Petites Ecuries. If those pipelettes back there do not stop with the vape breaks and the yakyak and do work we shall never open! Mais putain! Putain de bordel! Putain de bordel de merde!
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
[Nice animals of my neighborhood, an occasional series]
We are installing the next fashion pop-up on the rue des Petites Ecuries. If those pipelettes back there do not stop with the vape breaks and the yakyak and do work we shall never open! Mais putain! Putain de bordel! Putain de bordel de merde!
We are installing the next fashion pop-up on the rue des Petites Ecuries. If those pipelettes back there do not stop with the vape breaks and the yakyak and do work we shall never open! Mais putain! Putain de bordel! Putain de bordel de merde!
Today's French lesson: carte cadeau. A gift card.
I got to do the new carte cadeau design for Les Tricoteurs Volants, my neighborhood's yarn shop.
They're at the shop and also online.
Drawing sheep and bunnies makes me happy.
I got to do the new carte cadeau design for Les Tricoteurs Volants, my neighborhood's yarn shop.
They're at the shop and also online.
Drawing sheep and bunnies makes me happy.
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today's French lesson: carte cadeau. A gift card.
I got to do the new carte cadeau design for Les Tricoteurs Volants, my neighborhood's yarn shop.
They're at the shop and also online.
Drawing sheep and bunnies makes me happy.
I got to do the new carte cadeau design for Les Tricoteurs Volants, my neighborhood's yarn shop.
They're at the shop and also online.
Drawing sheep and bunnies makes me happy.
I bought the ghost as a gift for someone who has a taste for the macabre and a Halloween-adjacent birthday. But he also likes whimsy, and the ghost looked a bit naked in just a sheet, so I added the crocheted kitty hat. It was improvised as I went along with two strands of leftover sock yarns.
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I bought the ghost as a gift for someone who has a taste for the macabre and a Halloween-adjacent birthday. But he also likes whimsy, and the ghost looked a bit naked in just a sheet, so I added the crocheted kitty hat. It was improvised as I went along with two strands of leftover sock yarns.
When I can't decide whether to watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" or "The Witch" so I watch both at the same time.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When I can't decide whether to watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" or "The Witch" so I watch both at the same time.
[Nice animals of my neighborhood, an occasional series]
The computer repair place on the Rue d'Hauteville has a new tech.
The sign says:
The computer repair place on the Rue d'Hauteville has a new tech.
The sign says:
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
[Nice animals of my neighborhood, an occasional series]
The computer repair place on the Rue d'Hauteville has a new tech.
The sign says:
The computer repair place on the Rue d'Hauteville has a new tech.
The sign says:
When a French person attempts to make l'amour in English.
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When a French person attempts to make l'amour in English.
I went to see Giselle at the Palais Garnier last night.
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I went to see Giselle at the Palais Garnier last night.
You've got a Letter from Paris over at Modern Daily Knitting...in which I create a custom pullover for a big new client...
Just One More and I’ll Stop – Modern Daily Knitting share.google/UERTAIAVSYB0...
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Just One More and I’ll Stop – Modern Daily Knitting
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October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
You've got a Letter from Paris over at Modern Daily Knitting...in which I create a custom pullover for a big new client...
Just One More and I’ll Stop – Modern Daily Knitting share.google/UERTAIAVSYB0...
Just One More and I’ll Stop – Modern Daily Knitting share.google/UERTAIAVSYB0...
Well, darn. It turns out the No Kings protests didn't happen. I have it on good authority from a Trumpie who responded to all the videos, photos, and reports both personal and journalistic with what amounts to "nuh uh." So there you are. Sorry.
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Well, darn. It turns out the No Kings protests didn't happen. I have it on good authority from a Trumpie who responded to all the videos, photos, and reports both personal and journalistic with what amounts to "nuh uh." So there you are. Sorry.
The number of MAGA comments I saw on protest posts saying the protests shouldn't have been allowed is one reason we need to have more and even bigger protests.
October 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The number of MAGA comments I saw on protest posts saying the protests shouldn't have been allowed is one reason we need to have more and even bigger protests.
Oh yes oh yes oh yes! This week's live chat from the workroom welcomes a special guest: Kate Atherley, author of the new and much-anticipated book, "Math for Knitters."
Patrons, the invitation and link have gone out, so check your inboxes.
For the curious, I include the clicky thing down below.
Patrons, the invitation and link have gone out, so check your inboxes.
For the curious, I include the clicky thing down below.
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Oh yes oh yes oh yes! This week's live chat from the workroom welcomes a special guest: Kate Atherley, author of the new and much-anticipated book, "Math for Knitters."
Patrons, the invitation and link have gone out, so check your inboxes.
For the curious, I include the clicky thing down below.
Patrons, the invitation and link have gone out, so check your inboxes.
For the curious, I include the clicky thing down below.