With its swathes and vertical pinstripes in lido, verdigris and sundial, LETA is a woven storage basket evocative of a deep blue-green Kenyan ocean. They’re produced in three handy sizes, and woven from indigenous sisal grass in rural Kenya. Use your tie dye woven storage basket for keeping your hair accessories and toiletries organized, or fill with children’s toys, remote controls and gloves and hats. These round sisal baskets also make beautiful woven planters for your houseplants – and wonderful new home gifts. Wherever and however you choose to use your new woven basket it is sure to bring an aquatic splash of Kenyan colour and craft to the home. 

Basket weaving is a craft that connects generations in Kenya, passed from grandmothers to mothers to daughters all over the country. The Basket Room partners with a network of twelve Kenyan weaving groups - with over thirty weavers in each group – to produce these beautiful woven baskets. Weaving is work that dovetails seamlessly with weavers’ other domestic chores, childcare and farming. In producing these woven storage baskets, the women in this craft group are empowered to support their families with a reliable additional income – and work that is fair, creative, sociable and flexible.

 

Material:  SISAL & BRANDED LEATHER TAB

Dimensions (approx): 

XSmall: 14.5-16cm DIA x 9.5-11cm H

Small: 19-21cm DIA x 14.5-16cm H

Medium: 24-27cm DIA x 19-21cm H