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Hadithi Crafts is a collection of sisal baskets, hand-woven according to Taita tradition and beadwork made in the Masaai tradition. The sale of these articles has become an important source of income sustaining the position of local women.
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Article
Basket
Model
Hadithi - practical weave
Material
Sisal
Colour
Natural with several colours
Hadithi - practical weave

Production timeline

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Cultivation of Sisal plants (Agave Sisalensis)
Cultivation of Sisal plants (Agave Sisalensis)

We buy sisal in bulk at a nearby sisal farm.

Irine Mjomba
02/03/19 00:00 by Irine Mjomba
Kisimenyi Basket Weavers Hadithi
Decortication of Agave leaves

Frida Marigo
20/10/19 00:00 by Frida Marigo
Kisimenyi Basket Weavers Hadithi
Decortication of Agave leaves
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Dyeing
Dyeing

Constance Kitanyi
14/12/19 00:00 by Constance Kitanyi
Basket weaver
Drying in the sun

Constance Kitanyi
15/12/19 00:00 by Constance Kitanyi
Basket weaver
Drying in the sun
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Twining
Twining

Twining is the rolling of fibre into twine. To make a good basket, it is important that all the twine is rolled in equal thickness. Twining takes a lot of time.

05/01/20 00:00 by Elizabeth Mwakama
Basket weaver
Weaving baskets by hand

Weaving starts in the middle at the bottom of the basket and goes upwards from there. How long it takes to weave a baskets depends a lot on its size, but also varies strongly from weaver to weaver, depending on her personal style, her time available, her experience. The thinner the twine and the more intricate the patterns, the longer the weaving it will take.

05/02/20 09:30 by Elizabeth Mwakama
Basket weaver
Weaving baskets by hand
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Group meeting and quality control
Group meeting and quality control

Mercy of the Hadithi team goes to the different villages to meet the groups and buy their baskets. She is the daughter of a basket weaver herself. All baskets are taken to the Hadithi headquarters for stocking and selection for different clients.

Mercy
15/02/20 10:00 by Mercy
Team leader of basket weavers
Stacking, packing and shipping

When packing, the baskets are stacked into each other with great care. For an individual touch, we inserts pictures of the basket weavers and the Quifactum labels.

Mercy
15/02/20 14:30 by Mercy
Team leader of basket weavers
Stacking, packing and shipping
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