Woven Travels Blog
Cultural Connections - The Basket Room travels to Kenya
When we launched The Basket Room seven months ago, we set off on a journey that held mystery, adventure and hard work in store. A journey with roots going back to 2007, when Camilla and Holly met at Art College studying Fashion. As our paths crossed again six years later, The Basket Room was organically born out of a combined passion for ethical design, handicrafts and culture. Now, we are about to embark on one of our most challenging and exciting chapters so far: we are traveling to Kenya to meet, work and stay with the weaving co-operatives.
Celebrating Fatherhood
From a young age, we remember making cards for our Dad at school, creating clay pots from the local pond and decorating pebbles found on the beach. Each year, on this one day we would make it a day for Dad, to do something as a family and honour him for being our Father.
Festival Season is Upon Us!
The Basket Room is getting into the groove and hitting the festival scene! This Summer we will be taking our woven delights to the fabulous Big Feastival in Kingham, Oxfordshire.
PAMBO PALM - New Collection
At The Basket Room we are always on the hunt for new baskets, so when we came into contact with the weavers of Samburu we immediately fell in love with their creations! These baskets are different from those made by our other groups, they use Doum Palm instead of Sisal, a type of Palm tree that has edible fruits tasting a little like gingerbread!
RIVER COTTAGE - Last Stop On Our Spring Tour
Come join us down at Hugh's farm at River Cottgae HQ this bank holiday weekend for what will be a feast of food, crafts, music & craft beer!
A Textile Expedition to Thailand
When we received an invitation from TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) to visit the country in April on a textile expedition, we just couldn't resist! With both having a degree in Fashion and a natural love for craft, textiles and pattern it was an opportunity not to be missed
WIN Tickets To The Country Living Spring Fair
The Country Living Spring Fair in London is a great way to spend a day shopping with your friends, mum, daughter, dad, son, brother! All under one roof at The Business Design Centre, you can explore the many artists and brands, have tea, sip champagne and get involved with the workshops and talks.
Mother's Day - A Free Beautiful Bird Card
We know how busy one's life can be and these anniversaries just pop out of no where! To make things a little easier, we are offering you a free greetings card to send with any Mother's Day order, by Survival International.
Spring Tour
We are about to kick off our first ever Spring tour and can't tell you how excited we are to be hitting the road once again.