ASTE: Handwoven Red, Black & White Wool Tote Bag Colour:Red craft activities and winter accessories

craft activities and winter accessories – their uses are endless

This unique woven basket will bring a splash of natural Kenyan colour to any corner of the home

Women at an artisan workshop in Nairobi hand-bead these beaded Christmas decorations for The Basket Room

Most of these women work on their farms

one of a kind bike basket

ASTE: Handwoven Red, Black & White Wool Tote Bag Colour:Red craft activities and winter accessoriesIntroducing ASTE: a one off woollen basket bag handwoven by the Kamba tribe in Kenya. Bolts of bright Red, Black & White pop against a natural base, creating a distinctly tribal effect. This exquisite basket bag is modelled on the Kenyan kiondo (kee yon doh) a type of storage basket traditionally woven in rural Kenyan communities by mothers as wedding gifts for their daughters. Kiondo weaving was becoming a rare craft in Kenya until very recently: in