ASHANTI: Handcrafted Multicoloured Rectangular Bike Basket

ASHANTI: Handcrafted Multicoloured Rectangular Bike BasketMeet ASHANTI: a stunning hand woven bicycle basket with bright Ghanaian flashes of pink, black, orange, red and turquoise. This rectangular front basket is a most unique bike accessory, designed in house by The Basket Room. Ideal for picking up bits and bobs at the local market and for storing picnics and blankets on days out in the countryside, our woven bicycle baskets can also be attached to the back of your bike as a stylish rear pannier. This

This colourful pendant shade was produced by an extremely artistic craftswoman working within a weaving cooperative in rural Kenya

we recommend storing somewhere completely dry (and damp proof

handicrafts training and health education

These patterned baskets are hand woven in rural Kenya by a skilled craftswoman working with her preferred weave patterns and choice of natural dyes

Each bike basket takes up to three days to weave by hand

since most of these weavers are from farming communities who rely on farming (and rainfall) to sustain their families

with a dedicated dye manager appointed to oversee colour consistency and quality

The craftswomen behind our UTULIVU baskets have learned the meticulous art weaving from their mothers and grandmothers

With a skirt crafted from sisal fronds and a sweet little halo atop her head

these woven coasters look great with our white and natural and white natural wave detail placemats

the APANA can also be fastened to cot rails as pretty nursery storage

Most of the weavers in the Northern Ghana cooperative are arable and livestock farmers