The Op Shop Show Off: Basket Case

I am joining in with all the fabulous thrifting over at Max's lovely blog

I have not been doing much op shopping lately, we came home from holiday with a determination to declutter, not exactly conducive to new acquisitions.  However, I have to confess I have perused the shops a few times, but there are such slim pickings in my neck of the woods, it is a bit disheartening.


But my  obsession with basketry continues,  and when I just happened to pop into Habitat for Humanity and  saw this, although I wasn't sure what I could do with it,  it was too perfect and pretty not to take home with me. Plus with a three dollar price tag, how could I go wrong?

Turns out it actually fits into the decluttering schema perfectly as this basket is the perfect vessel for housing my knitting beside the sofa, pretty and functional.

I love basket work so much, there is a a lot  to wonder about, who made it? what was the intent of the making? I always feel a sense of rescue, that I am somehow protecting the unknown manufacturer's handiwork from oblivion. Is that a bit grandiose? probably.

And you may or may not have noticed that, my basket is sitting on top of, a new to me, Persian rug. The acquisition of this, is making me very happy. It was thrifted from my mother's garage, my most  favorite second hand store of all.