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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 16h

Danced with Carnet de Bals in Chantilly yesterday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Lace Museum. (Highly recommend the museum.) Warmly welcomed by the museum, unto a splendid picnic capped off by the arrival of the ice cream van. Chantilly, je t'aime ❤️

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🇫🇷🇫🇷TEST YOUR FRENCH🇫🇷🇫🇷 Does this lady agree with the assessment of our own, dear Gare du Nord in Paris as the second-best train station in Europe? Answers below!

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Nineteenth-century French chromolithograph advertising cards featuring images of menswear, picked up (as part of a haul of 52 cards) at the Foire de Chatou.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

[Nice Animals of My Neighborhood: An Occasional Series] The cat at the little bar in the Passage des Petites Écuries wasn't quite ready to wake up yet. Don't let the scowl fool you, though. This a very amiable creature who enjoys pats and skritches.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Acquired (for an excellent price) from Au Bonheur des Demoiselles de Paris at the Foire de Chatou: this beautiful old souvenir folding fan from the famous Pre-Catelan restaurant in the Bois de Boulogne.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bienvenue à la Foire de Chatou, an enormous antiques fair on an island in the Seine close to Malmaison. Here you see a rare breed, the French Bargain Hound. They use their powerful sense of smell to locate the one thing the dealer forgot to mark up by 20% because the show is near Paris.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At the Foire de Chatou (enormous twice-yearly antiques fair on the Île des Impressionnistes), displays (still fully stocked) of Duralor knitting needles, guaranteed not to blacken your yarn.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So, like, if you want you could come over and we could listen to my Siouxsie and the Banshees bootlegs on vinyl.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Of course I wouldn't call myself a trendsetter, but one cannot stop public opinion from saying what it will.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

[Nice Animals of My Neighborhood: An Occasional Series] Allegoridoggies.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Lovely afternoon dancing with Carnet de Bals at the Château de Breteuil. 😊

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Adventure tomorrow. As part of the Journées européennes du patrimoine (European Heritage Days) 2026, I'll be at the Château de Breteuil with 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘀, dancing and strolling about trying to look picturesque in Second Empire duds. If you're in the neighborhood, drop by.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Of course the real star of the show was my postiche, my false moustache. It is reusable and I have named it Murray.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In the Grande Parade of La Fête de Paris dressed as Méphistophélès (from Gounod's "Faust") with the group from 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘀 representing the inauguration of the Opéra Garnier in 1875. Based on a set of patterns from Margo Anderson, adapted to evoke typical 19th century designs...

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Selfie de Satan. Proper photos to come. I will tell you, La Fête de Paris was absolutely wonderful and I am so proud to have taken part as a member of 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘀. But right this minute I gotta go home and untuck. Fluctuat nec mergitur. Paris, je t'aime d'amour.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

United, we bargain. Divided, we beg.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

[Nice Animals of My Neighborhood: An Occasional Series] Morning crowd at the corner café.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

[Paris Fashion Report] When it comes to bags, this season is all about historical influences. The younger set are sporting bold modern styles embellished with motifs popular in the last century, almost fifty years ago.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Progress on the Infernal Doublet that goes with the Satanpants. I might have given the mistaken impression that I have any idea what the hell I'm doing. This project reflects a desperate need to do something new; paired with the insistance that I'm not going to wait any longer...

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Wildflowers don't care where they grow." 💔

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It looks like Zsa Zsa Gabor moulted in my workroom.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The September 2026 calendar/coloring page is ready for Patreon patrons at every paid level. May your month be free of uninvited guests... 🐻🐻🐻

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Why do you even have six yards of red tulle in your workroom if you are not going to spend a little time pretending that Edward Steichen is taking your portrait.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"Of course I would never dream of pressing you, my own darling," said Mr Foxe. "But the taxi has hooted for a fourth time, and we are in minute seventeen of your trying to achieve a perfectly nonchalant tilt to your hat."

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I saw the trailer for "Wicker" and I am pretty sure basket weaving teachers are about to experience a boom in their economy.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My annual wish on this memorable day, that all racists may come to know the taste of their own teeth.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Quote of the Day. The original 🇫🇷 in slide two. The image is a detail from "On the Promenade" (before 1924) by Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl. Brooklyn Museum. (This post is tongue-in-cheek, so members of The Earnest International Order of Virtue Signallers can stroll on by.)

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I got the covid vaccine in January 2021, as soon as it became available, as directed by Dr Fauci. Fast forward to 2026, and every time I go outside it sounds like everyone around me is speaking French. Mille mercis, Dr Fauci! Maintenant il me faut utiliser le subjonctif! Putain!

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

One of the gems of the Madame de Sévigné show at Musée Carnavalet is this late 17th century hand screen (non-folding ancestor of the folding fan), painted with a scene showing the garden at the Château de Marly struck by a gust of wind. Skirts fly up, of course (in the best Benny Hill fashion)...

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Tidied the library, which doubles as the guest room, because grown children of a beloved friend from university are coming to stay. Fills me with unmixed joy. Except the part where my university friends suddenly have grown children. Surely not possible when I am barely out of university myself.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Narrow Paris sidewalk. Lady bends down to look in shop window. Mother and toddler pass. Toddler is clutching wet lollipop. Lollipop brushes lady's long hair. It sticks. Startled lady stands up. Hair carries off lollipop. Lady screams. Toddler screams. Mother screams. Brief pause, I keep walking.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A moment from our final ball of the season, caught in slow motion.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

You've got a Letter from Paris at Modern Daily Knitting! In which I get dressed up and go to Vichy to have a ball, and then another ball, and then one more. After the Ball – Modern Daily Knitting share.google/ZQtYzYoYm0Vh...

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My favorite part of the World Cup was the entire world loudly booing Assclown McGee. I grudgingly admit that in that moment, football united the people of all nations.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

We celebrated the bicentenary of Empress Eugénie with a ball in the Salle Wagram. A group of Americans had come over for a week of lessons, and it was a joy to meet them (and sometimes translate for them). Had I not made videos and photos, I would swear it was all a dream.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Patreon calendar page for August 2026, featuring the aqua-balletic magnificence of Dolores Van Hoofen and Her Syncopated Poissonettes, is available for your downloading and coloring pleasure at patreon.com/franklinhabit.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The floral repeat of the needlepoint chair seat has achieved full width. This feels like a milestone, so I would like to share it with all of you. I am saving the background (a bright yellow) for dessert. The excellent canvas is from Maison Sajou and the embroidery wool is from DMC .

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🎵 Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira ! Les aristocrates à la lanterne. Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira ! Les aristocrates on les pendra. Si on n’les pend pas On les rompra Si on n’ les rompt pas On les brûlera. 🎵 -- Revolutionary anthem (still very much in use), first heard 1790 (English below)

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Mansplainers of the mid-18th century. Detail from "La Partie de dames" by Michel-Barthélemy Ollivier (c1765). Collection Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"I could not be more delighted," said Mr Boxe. "I knew she was the ideal choice of portraitist." "Magnificent," said Mr Foxe. "See how she's caught the rakish gleam in my eye. And yours, my dear, yours is the absolute speaking likeness."

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I saw Goody Osburn speaking with Mitch McConnell.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

[Les earworms de France] 🎵 If I could save fish in a bottle, The first fish that I'd like to stew Is a ray from the bay Who's been turned into such a purée That you don't have to chew.🎵

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Yesterday was the last of the seasonal balls at Hôtel de la Marine with 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘀. I put out my accessories and suddenly had the urge to shout "I'm late! I'm late!"

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Whether you're a member or not, you are cordially invited to have a riffle through my photo and video scrapbook of this year's Fête Napoléon III in Vichy, France. Crinolinepalooza. Just visit my Patreon blog: www.patreon.com/posts/162495...

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Vichy 2026 Scrapbook: Journées Napoléon III | Franklin Habit

My friends, Here's a casual little collage of my favorite images from the Napoléon III weekend in the spa town of Vichy, which I attended a

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I've done afternoon talks on niche knitting topics for small fiber guilds in out-of-the-way places that drew larger crowds than Trump's carnival. And nobody jiggled their bits in front of the kiddies, either.

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It bothers me to what I admit is an irrational degree that I have to crack open a new ball to finish binding off the back panel of the baby jacket, which otherwise fit perfectly into one ball. (There have been a lot of questions about this stitch pattern, so I'm making a video.)

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You've got a Letter from Paris at Modern Raily Knitting! In which I am menaced by a rapidly growing pile of fabric scraps.

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The Brave Little Tailor – Modern Daily Knitting

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Yes, making this *was* the best possible use of my time while waiting for my morning toast, thank you for asking.

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