Since Levine's baskets are made by her hands alone, customers know she will contact them when she is finished. There is no telling, however, when that will be.

Here in the Midwest, most baskets are made from ash, oak or hickory. Some modern basket weavers use vines, cord, willow and cattail to add interest to their weaving. Imported materials are used as ...

Founded in 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Basket Lady is managed by mother-daughter duo Carol Littman and Kelli Katch (the basket ladies, so to speak)."My grandfather started an importing ...

Lily Sidewater Levine now receives as much personal satisfaction fulfilling orders for her custom-made baskets as she did developing young minds as a nursery school teacher during her working life.