Small Light Steamed Swing Handled Coracle Shopping Basket

Small Light Steamed Swing Handled Coracle Shopping Basket

Dimensions  

Top:      Length 20 cm x Width 12 cm
Base:   Length 20 cm x Width 11 cm
Height: 15 cm

Description

Small Light Steamed Swing Handled Coracle Shopping Basket. The basket is made from full buff willow and has been lightly steamed to brighten the colour. It has a willow frame with the wicker woven in a horizontal weave around the frame, and a pretty woven rim.

Make into a gift hamper by filling with bath products. Give to a to a little girl, and let her have a basket like mummy’s. This lovely small light steamed swing handled coracle shopping basket is just the right size for taking your lunch to work. The swing handles make it easy to carry.

This coracle shopping basket is ideal for using in the car. With its flat base, it won’t roll over and will keep everything inside protected.

If you are looking for baskets for your wedding, then look no further, use them for flower petals, confetti cones, even collecting cards. We stock a range of baskets that could be used for the same purposes, click here to see them.

Material

Willow baskets are very versatile.  These are much hardier than many other natural materials and can be used outside as they will survive in all weathers.  Usually a stronger weave, they are very sturdy and solid.  Grown in fields and by river banks as willow, the branches are stripped of their outer layer and usually treated before weaving.  The end product is well suited to carrying weight although the baskets themselves are lightweight. Buff Willow is cropped mainly in November, but sometimes not until December. It is the most popular and is obtained by boiling the willows to release the natural colourant tannin from  the bark into the wood. The bark is then stripped from the willow revealing the characteristic golden colour.

Our baskets are handcrafted from natural products, please allow 5% tolerance on all measurements