Homestead Knitting BasketAmish Yarn & Project Storage with Lid & Legs

• Handcrafted Quality: Handwoven from natural rattan reed by an Old Order Amish family on the Iowa-Missouri border. The bottom and the lid are furniture-grade birch, one half inch thick, fastened with solid brass nails, over hardwood poplar posts, so the basket keeps its shape for a lifetime.
• One Open Chest: No dividers and no holes inside, so chunky skeins, a blanket in progress, quilting and a whole project bag's worth of supplies go in as they are. It is the open basket of our knitting family; the compartment design is the Knitting Basket.
• Lift-Off Lid, Wooden Feet, Swinging Handles: The hardwood lid lifts off to keep the contents covered and out of sight. The wooden feet raise the basket to an easy reach beside a chair. The double swinging handles carry it room to room and fold down out of the way.
• Measures: 20" x 12" x 12" tall.
• 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) and an engraved solid brass plate are each optional and sold right on this page. Add them if you like; the basket is complete without them. The liner can also be bought on its own later.
• 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.

Room is the reason to choose the Homestead. "The knitting basket is great," one reviewer wrote. "I love handmade items and this is one to treasure." Lynne found it "beautifully made and was packed with as much care as it was created with," and will "treasure this for years."

It suits the knitter or crocheter who works with bulky yarn, anyone with a blanket or an afghan in progress, and the quilter or embroiderer working on a baby quilt: it holds one, with room for hoops, floss and scissors beside the folded top. With the lid on it is a handsome chest beside the chair; with the lid off it is an open basket you reach into without thinking. Between projects it holds folded blankets, magazines and books as easily as yarn, which is why one of them lives in the small parlor of a customer's century-old house.

The hardwood lid lifts right off. The wooden feet are part of the basket and raise it to a comfortable height beside a chair, so you are not reaching down to the floor for things. The bottom and the lid are cut from furniture-grade birch, a half inch thick, and fastened with solid brass nails, which is what keeps these baskets from warping over a lifetime of use. A good many stitchers add the sewn liner, a soft cloth lining for floss and fabric. It is a nice touch for delicate thread work; it is sold right on this page, and you can add one later from its own page. If you want compartments with yarn feed holes instead of one open chest, choose the Knitting Basket; if you want compartments plus a shelf and a drawer, The Yarn Barn.

The Homestead is woven by an Old Order Amish family on the Iowa-Missouri border, and signed by the weaver who made it. Notes of thanks from customers are passed along to the family who wove it. Standard shipping is free, and rush delivery is offered at checkout when a birthday or Christmas is close. It 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. Every basket carries our lifetime guarantee, and returns are no questions asked.

Measures: 20" x 12" x 12" tall