Pinkas Fortgang and his daughter Myrna say that anybody can fill an Easter basket with stuffed bunnies and jelly beans. It’s another thing to turn out the pretty baskets. That’s what th… ...

You’ll never look at a basket the same way once you’ve woven one,” says Natalie Boyett, owner of the Chicago Weaving School in Irving Park. “When you see how things are put together, it ...

Don’t laugh, basket weaving is serious business. Practitioners work to keep an ancient tradition alive.

Fran Barnhart was trying to weave a basket for the first time, but she was having trouble keeping all of her reeds in place.

— Versatile bowl-shaped baskets can hold a variety of items — candy, seashells, sweet-smelling spices, matches, colorful balls of yarn. In the bathroom, a basket can hold finger-tip towels and ...