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Spring Summer 2025
Hadithi Crafts launched its first Spring Summer collection, of a trending colour scheme for a fresh feel.
We feature Yellow, Red, Blue and Black.
The black sisal is dyed with local tradtional natural dyeing techniques.
The yellow, Red and Blue sisal are dyed in the Hadithi Dye centre, launched in 2024, where we dye sisal in house so all health and environmental standards are sure to be observed.
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Introducing the Sisal Floor baskets from Hadithi Crafts. This is a practical basket with sisal handles, a new shape from our 2025 Spring Summer Collection!
Our handmade baskets effortlessly complement any room in your home. Embrace the rich tradition of basket weaving as our talented artisans explore their creative freedom to tell their own captivating basket stories. From rolling their own sisal twine to weaving every intricate detail, each basket is a testament to the craftsmanship and dedication of the artisans head and heart.
Available in 3 sizes and 4 colours: Turmeric Yellow, Coral Red, Airforce Blue and Natural Black.
To add a personal touch, the weaver sews a cardboard piece with her name, ensuring a connection between you and the artisan behind your basket.
The shades of blue, red and yellow colours are dyed in the Hadithi Dye centre. All other colours, including the black, are obtained with natural dye, using soil or the bark of a trees.
Medium 11x6 inch
Large 13x8 inch
X-Large 15x10 inch
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
Introducing the practical weave sisal baskets from Hadithi Crafts.
Our handmade baskets effortlessly complement any room in your home. Embrace the rich tradition of basket weaving as our talented artisans explore their creative freedom to tell their own captivating basket stories. From rolling their own sisal twine to weaving every intricate detail, each basket is a testament to the craftsmanship and dedication of the artisans head and heart.
Available in 5 sizes and 4 colours: Turmeric, Coral, Airforce and Natural Black.
To add a personal touch, the weaver sews a cardboard piece with her name, ensuring a connection between you and the artisan behind your basket.
The shades of blue, red and yellow colours are dyed in the Hadithi Dye centre.
All other colours, including the black, are obtained with natural dye, using soil or the bark of a trees.
XX-Small 3x3 inch
X-Small 5x5 inch
Small 7x7 inch
Medium 9x9 inch
Large 11x11 inch
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
A very light and very strong basket made from local palm leaf, perfect for market shopping, or storing things at home.
The Colourful scatter baskets are woven with the natural colour variants of the material, and patterned with strips of coloured palm, dyed in the Hadithi Dye centre.
Then the basket is finished by our leather craftsmen in Buguta disabled group, with round short handles made of locally and naturally tanned goat leather.
Available in sizes:
L 11'x11'
XL 13' x 13'
Introducing the Sisal Floor baskets from Hadithi Crafts. This is a practical basket with sisal handles, a new shape from our 2025 Spring Summer Collection!
Our handmade baskets effortlessly complement any room in your home. Embrace the rich tradition of basket weaving as our talented artisans tell their captivating basket stories. From rolling their own sisal twine to weaving every intricate detail, each basket is a testament to the craftsmanship and dedication of the artisans head and heart.
Available in 3 sizes and 4 colours: Turmeric Yellow, Coral Red, Airforce Blue and Natural Black.
To add a personal touch, the weaver sews a cardboard piece with her name, ensuring a connection between you and the artisan behind your basket.
The shades of blue, red and yellow colours are dyed in the Hadithi Dye centre. All other colours, including the black, are obtained with natural dye, using soil or the tree bark.
Medium 11x6 inch
Large 13x8 inch
X-Large 15x10 inch
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
Introducing the practical weave sisal baskets from Hadithi Crafts.
Our handmade baskets effortlessly complement any room in your home. Embrace the rich tradition of basket weaving as our talented artisans explore their creative freedom to tell their own captivating basket stories. From rolling their own sisal twine to weaving every intricate detail, each basket is a testament to the craftsmanship and dedication of the artisans head and heart.
Available in 5 sizes and 4 colours: Yellow, red, Blue and Black.
To add a personal touch, the weaver sews a cardboard piece with her name, ensuring a connection between you and the artisan behind your basket.
The shades of blue, red and yellow colours are dyed in the Hadithi Dye centre.
All other colours, including the black, are obtained with natural dye, using soil or the bark of a trees.
XX-Small 3x3 inch
X-Small 5x5 inch
Small 7x7 inch
Medium 9x9 inch
Large 11x11 inch
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
A sweet handmade zipper for your daily use.
The creation of each zipper involves a collaborative effort among a few of our Hadithi artisans. The skilled weaver crafts the finely woven basket, the leather artisan sews on the zip with our goat leather, and You can read about the making of in our story pages.
This zipper is available in Turmeric Yellow, Coral Red, Airforce Blue, and Natural Black.
The yellow, red, and blue sisal is dyed in the Hadithi Dye Centre, ensuring high-quality, consistent color while supporting artisan-led production.
The black variant is dyed using only natural dyes, making it an excellent choice for those who want it all 100% natural.
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
This handwoven fineweave mat rolls up to an elegant flowercone, complete with handle for wall hanging.
Made by hand by rural artisans in south-eastern Kenya from sisal material, following traditional Taita weaving techniques. Give your dining table a unique touch with these gorgeous flowercone.
This design is available in 4 colours: Turmeric Yellow, Coral Red, Airforce Blue, and Natural Black.
The black variant is made using ONLY natural dyes. The red, blue and yellow are dyed in the Hadithi Dye Centre.
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
Made by hand by our artisans in south-eastern Kenya from a local palm called Magangachi, following traditional weaving techniques.
There are a few steps in this labour intensive process. First all the leaves are split in narrow strips. These are braided into a long wide strap. This strap is then made into a basket by coiling up the strap from the middle of the bottom of the basket, and sewn down with sisal string to itself as it gets coiled up.
The result is a very light and very strong basket made from local palm leaf, perfect for market shopping, or storing things at home.
Available in plain, Airforce blue, Coral red and Turmeric yellow.
The palm in blue red and yellow, used to pattern the sunbag, is dyed in the Hadithi Dye centre.
The Plain basket doesn't use any dyes, but will still have the natural variety of colours the natural material can show. There are natural shades of yellow green grey and beige to look out for.
Then the basket is finished by our leather craftsmen in Buguta disabled group, with round short handles made of locally and naturally tanned goat leather.
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
Introducing the handmade sisal tray basket from Hadithi Crafts. A beautiful and handy companion in the kitchen as display and storage for your bread and fruit.
Available in two sizes and four colours: Turmeric Yellow, Coral Red, Airforce Blue, and Natural Black.
The shades of beige, and black colours are obtained with natural dye, using soil or the bark of trees.
The yellow, red and blue sisal are dyed in the Hadithi Dye Centre.
Available in two sizes:
Tray Basket Small 3x8 inch
Tray Basket Large 3x11 inch
To add a personal touch, the weaver sews a cardboard piece with her name, ensuring a connection between you and the artisan behind your basket.
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
Introducing Hadithi Crafts Block design baskets.
Our handmade baskets effortlessly complement any room in your home. Embrace the rich tradition of basket weaving as our talented artisans explore their creative freedom to tell their own captivating basket stories. From rolling their own sisal twine to weaving every intricate detail, each basket is a testament to the craftsmanship and dedication of the artisans head and heart.
To add a personal touch, the weaver sews a cardboard piece with her name, ensuring a connection between you and the artisan behind your basket.
The shades of blue and yellow sisal for this basket are dyed in the Hadithi Dye centre.
Our Block design is available in 5 sizes:
XX-Small 3x3 inch
X-Small 5x5 inch
Small 7x7 inch
Medium 9x9 inch
Large 11x11 inch
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
Our Zebra clutch bag is a work of art. The body is finely woven from sisal, and the inside is lined with 100% cotton fabric, and a beaded strap completes the clutch.
This clutch is available in Turmeric Yellow, Coral Red, Airforce Blue, and Natural Black.
The yellow, red, and blue sisal is dyed in the Hadithi Dye Centre, ensuring high-quality, consistent color while supporting artisan-led production.
The black variant is dyed using only natural dyes, making it an excellent choice for those who want it all 100% natural.
The creation of each clutch involves a collaborative effort among four artisans. The skilled weaver crafts the finely woven disc with traditional patterns and techniques. Read or watch the story of the clutch bag in our stories.
Hadithi means 'a story' in kiswahili language. Handicrafts with a story, from Tsavo, Kenya.
Our Baby Darling bag is crafted from sisal and finished with soft goat leather trim and handles. This is a petite and practical basket, perfect for everyday essentials.
This intricate weaving technique is passed on from generation to generation, you can read about the making of in our story pages.
This babydarling is available in Turmeric Yellow, Coral Red, Airforce Blue, and Natural Black.
The yellow, red, and blue sisal is dyed in the Hadithi Dye Centre, ensuring high-quality, consistent color while supporting artisan-led production.
The black variant is dyed using only natural dyes, making it an excellent choice for those who want it all 100% natural.
Handmade by female artisans in Tsavo, rural Kenya.
