Round Sewing & Knitting BasketLarge Amish Woven Wooden Basket

• Handcrafted Quality: Handwoven from natural rattan reed over a solid hardwood bottom, with a solid wood lid and two wooden swing handles, by an Old Order Amish family on the Iowa-Missouri border, and signed by the weaver who made it.
• The Basket Without the Stand: The same 14 inch round basket as our Antique Styled Sewing Basket, sold on its own: set it on the floor beside the chair, on a table, or in the car, and lift it by the handles to carry it anywhere.
• A Lid That Closes Over the Work: A solid wood lid lifts off and sets back on, so the project waits under cover between sittings and the cat, the dog and the dust stay out of the yarn.
• Room for the Whole Project: 14 inches across and 9 inches deep: one large project with its notions, or several small ones; straight needles up to about 13 inches lie flat inside.
• Measures: 14" across x 9" tall, about 14" with the handles up. Contents not included.
• Three Trim Colors: Choose Plain, Wine & Blue, or Wine & Green. The color is woven in as dyed reed, not painted on.
• Optional Extras: A hand-sewn cloth liner (Cream, Wine, Blue, or Green), an interior sewing tray basket with a liner made for it, a tray with 9 thread pegs, protective feet, the leather Yarn Buddy strap for knitters, and an engraved solid brass plate are each optional. The basket is complete without them.
• American Heritage: Handwoven in the USA and signed by the Amish weaver who made it. Backed by our lifetime guarantee, with free shipping and no-questions returns on every order.

This is the round sewing basket for people who would rather carry it than keep it on a stand. Its reviewers use it for sewing and for yarn alike. "I do quite a bit of cross-stitching and it is the perfect size for my yarn, chart, ruler and hoops," Sandra wrote in 2024. Carra keeps hers moving: "It's the perfect size to carry with me everywhere, but also fit all the yarn needed for my current projects." Denise, who sews a lot, called it "my favorite sewing go to."

The lid is the reason a good many people buy it. "I really needed a knitting basket with a lid, as my puppy has a love affair with wool, which she drags into the yard," Caroline wrote in 2025, after losing two projects. For a smaller floor basket, there is also the Grandma's Sewing Box.

Inside, it is one open bowl unless you sort it. The interior sewing tray basket nests in the top with the notions and lifts out with them; Debbie keeps "knitting notions underneath and the project I'm working on the top." The tray with 9 thread pegs holds spools upright. If you want the thread never to touch the reed, add the liner in Cream, Wine, Blue or Green; Gilbert's, "Lined with red," holds the yarn for his Christmas projects. For the same basket at chair height, choose the Antique Styled Sewing Basket; for 16 inch needles lying flat, the Craft Caddy at 17 3/4 inches; for yarn that feeds through the lid, the Knitting Basket on the knitting page. The whole family is on the sewing baskets page.

This basket is woven by hand, the way Old Order Amish families on the Iowa-Missouri border have woven for generations, and the weaver signs the bottom before it leaves the farm. Standard shipping is free; if a birthday or Christmas is close, rush delivery is offered at checkout. Every order ships gift-ready, with no prices in the box, a free gift note at checkout, and a short letter about the family who wove it. It is covered by our lifetime guarantee, and returns are no questions asked.

Measures: 14" across x 9" tall