Tote Basket with Shaker Tape Handles

This is a beautiful 10x6x10” basket woven with a combination of reeds of varied sizes as well as Shaker tape handle straps to carry over the shoulder or a shorter version to tote on your elbow by your side. We will add coordinated colors of your choosing to match the strap handles. After completion, the basket will be dipped in a black walnut stain for preservation, beauty and durability. This basket is sturdy with a myriad of uses at market, in the garden, book club, knitting, even grocery supplies.

 Students usually find that basket weaving has shown a positive effect on their ability to maintain manual dexterity, and also as a means of warding off the stiffness of arthritis. Persons with even major sight impairment can weave baskets.  Mentally, basket weaving can also help to keep senses sharp in the same way that puzzle-making, crossword puzzles and balancing the checkbook without a calculator all require more active brain manipulation than the passive use of calculators. With basket weaving, measurements are taken as supplies are cut; decisions are made as the weaving progresses, and most of all, a deep sense of satisfaction comes with the finished basketry! I also think that the relatively short amount of time that's required to weave a basket is a good incentive for pursuing this craft. Good, clean, fun!