After I finished writing this morning about my family’s connections with basket making, we went to look at some furniture… we’re thinking of changing things around in our sitting room, and wondering whether we could afford a new settee. As usual I had my camera with me and as we went into the depths of the store I spied some modern baskets.
I couldn’t resist taking some photos… basket making is alive and well, but sadly I think the baskets I saw were made abroad from other materials such as seagrass, and not our locally grown willows.
Lois Elsden 