When I saw this, I just couldn't help myself from talking to the person toting their groceries about it... They made it from a rattan cane inherited from someone in their family, a basket found at a thrift store, and some hardware and lumber. I have often thought that something like this would be ideal for toting things around at SCA events, as a basket would be less obtrusively modern than my folding chrome luggage-toter. Acquiring a suitable and sturdy basket would be the big challenge, the rest is pretty much within my skill set. I would probably create a slightly different handle, and make it detachable from the basket, so as to make packing and transport to events easier...
How clever and appealing that basket is! I delight in the creativity of people who see a need and fill it in their own creative way. I can see you acquiring a new craft: basket-making. Then moving forward with making such a cart.
ReplyDeleteI have done reed basketry in the past, but never on a large scale like would be necessary for such a shopping cart. Reed basketry is fun, but all the large scale baskets I have seen have been made from wooden slats, or from willow branches, both of which are much sturdier. It will remain on my cogitation pile for a while longer...
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