Monday, March 16, 2009

- 11 - Phildar

Phildar

major yarn manufacturer in France
http://www.phildar.fr/index.aspx?code_site=IN

Address:
68 rue Monge
75005 PARIS

Phone:
01 45 35 32 69

Hours:
Monday from 4 to 7:30pm
Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30am to 7:30pm

A few pictures

- 10 - Bergere de France

Bergere de France

Major yarn manufacturer in France, wide sets of colors, very popular patterns on catalogues
http://www.bergeredefrance.fr/index.phtml

Address:
135 Bis, Rue Lamarck
75018 PARIS

Phone:
01 42 28 70 59

a few pictures

- 9 - Petit Faune

Petit Faune

Original knitting and sewing patterns and kits in English

Address:
89, rue de Rennes
75006 Paris

Metro:
Ligne#12- Rennes

Phone:
01 42 22 63 69

Hours:
Monday to Saturday from 10am to 7pm
(Except Wednesday & Thursday from 12.30 AM to 1.30 PM)

http://www.petitfaune.com/us/index.html

A few pictures

- 8 - Chez Florence

Chez Florence

original patterns in English and yarns

Address:
11 rue Dauphine
75006 Paris

Phone:
01 46 34 13 21


http://www.chezflorence.com/

Store photo

- 7 - Anny Blatt/Bouton d'or

Anny Blatt/Bouton d'or

Good selections of yarns, nice patterns
http://www.annyblatt.fr/2002/welcome.html

Main address in Paris:
Au fils des jours
2 Rue Frémicourt
75015 Paris

Phone:
01 45 75 05 19

Address in Antibes:
AIGUILLES D'OR
L'Oasis 35 Bd Wilson
06600 ANTIBES

Phone:
04 93 67 28 67

www.annyblatt-aiguillesdor.com

- 6 - Modes et travaux

Modes et travaux

A paradise store for needlepoint, sewing and knitting

Address:
10 rue de la Papiniere
75008 Paris

Metro:
Ligne #9 - St Lazare

Phone:
01 43 87 10 07

Hours:
Monday to Saturday from 10am to 7pm

http://www.boutiquemodesettravaux.com/catalog/index.php

- 5 - Tiboodoo's

Tiboodoo's

Kits for baby and kids, wonderful cashmere and catalogues

Address:
2 rue Joseph Sansboeuf
75008 Paris

Metro:
Ligne #9 - St Lazare

Phone:
01 45 22 01 89

Hours:
Monday to Friday from 11am to 6:30pm
Closed Saturday

http://www.tiboodoo.com/

Patterns and projects on Ravelry
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/tiboodoos



- 4 - Citronille

Citronille

It is both sewing and knitting for baby and kids
I have an older catalogue and it looks like a lot like Oliver's patterns

Address:
there is not a shop but a couple of retail stores that distribute the patterns
- Entrée des Fournisseurs
- Le Bon Marché

http://www.citronille.fr/index.php

they also have a couple of blogs in French
http://tricotcitronille.canalblog.com
http://fancitronille.canalblog.com

Projects and patterns on Ravelry
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/citronille

a few sample pictures

Sunday, March 15, 2009

- 3 - Entrée des Fournisseurs

Entrée des Fournisseurs

Address:
In the court
8 rue des Francs Bourgeois
75003 Paris

Metro
Ligne #4 - St Paul

Phone:
01 48 87 58 98

Hours:
Monday from 2 to 7pm
Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30am to 7pm

Their web is partly in English
http://www.entreedesfournisseurs.fr/index.php?language=en

they also have a blog in French
http://entreedesfournisseurs.blogspot.com

a few pictures
- the entrance of the store
- the inside of the store







- 2 - Le Bon Marché

Le Bon Marché

Address:
3rd floor
24 rue de Sevres
75007 PARIS

Metro:
Ligne #7 - Sevres Babylone

Phone:
01 44 39 80 00

Hours:
Monday to Saturday from 9:30am to 8pm

a few pictures
- the entrance of the department store
- the inside of the craft area on the 3rd floor



- 1 - La Droguerie

La Droguerie

Address:
9 et 11 rue du Jour
75001 PARIS

Metro:
Ligne #4 - Les Halles

Phone:
01 45 08 93 27

Hours:
Monday from 2 to 6:45pm
Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30am to 6:45pm

http://www.ladroguerie.com/

they have a blog, in French but interesting
http://tricots-de-la-droguerie.fr/

Patterns and projects on Ravelry
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/periodicals/la-droguerie

a few pictures
- the entrance
- the yarn, they make their own yarn and sold by grams
- the buttons/beads, tons of them
- the rubbons