La Petite Boutique

So after turning up to exams that I didn't need to turn up to (don't get me started on this), I decided to go vintage clothes shopping in Le Marais. After looking at several blogs online, I tried to find all these vintage shops that people were posting about. Some didn't exist (any more) others I discovered by myself from just walking around.

Friperie in French means second-hand clothes shop so many of the vintage stores I found played on this name.

Free 'P' Star
8 Rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie

This place had a bargain basement, and was the busiest one that I went to. There's even a little ladder to an upstairs bit (which could only hold 1 or 2 people) filled with hats and items which were just 5 Euros.

The King of Frip
33 Rue du Roi de Sicile

This was one I'd stumbled upon. I think it's particularly good for jackets and jumpers and basically men's clothing. There were a lot of good looking fake fur coats and leather jackets along with very cheap and discounted jumpers from Abercrombie & Fitch along with polo shirts from Ralph Lauren. The man inside who I think was 'The King of Frip' was very friendly and a great salesman. He'll recommend items of clothing to you along with good advice.

Vintage Désir

32 Rue des Rosiers

This was a nice vintage shop on the Rue des Rosiers home to great falafel (I got the impression from the queues for falafel and the falafel shop owners urging me to try some). It was busy and had some cheap knits, military hats and a box full of fashionable scarves.

Les Georgettes
20 Rue du Pont aux Choux

The little boutique that I stumbled on by chance was Les Georgettes and I'm glad I did. It was the only one that I actually bought clothes from. The woman at the till was very friendly, she was helping out two other anglophone customers when she happily told me (in French :P so I looked suitably French) that there were discounted items in the basement. Down there, each item of clothing had a sticker on a tag. Then there was a key to show you how much each colour meant. I am definitely coming back here!

C'est Un Monsieur Très Distingué

8 balls of yarn for size 5 bamboo needles bought from an arts and crafts shop in Bercy (the yarn bought from Phildar in BHV-Rivoli and Printemps). The colour is of cuivre (copper). I didn't knit daily but took photos on the days that I did knit. I wanted a scarf that had cable patterns in it because I was knitting for my boyfriend and wanted a somewhat manly scarf. I just looked up the standard cable knit patterns and knitted from there.

Day 1: Starting with 4 rows of knitting and purling.

Day 1: Working the cables in with a cable needle.

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5: Can you tell it's the weekend?

Day 6


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Day 10


Day 11

Day 11: It's wearable!

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14


Day 15: End of knitting

Day 15: Binding off

Day 15: All yarn ends cut off

Day 16: Blocking time


Day 16: Blocking, could've been straighter but meh

Day 16: Spray dry

He's a very distinguished mister.