Fun additions indoors and outdoors, our hanging baskets add a bit of Nordic style to your potted flowers and house plants. Hanging basket can be also used as a little shoulder bags when you are out and about.
We combine beautiful Nordic design and Kenyan handicraft to bring you joy and provide meaningful support to communities in rural Africa. Through our Fair Trade practices, your purchase helps Mifuko, a guaranteed WTFO member, be ethically and socially impactful.
Handmade natural colour hanging basket is woven from the extremely durable and versatile sisal plant. Sisal baskets may at first feel rough, but soften with use.
Each Mifuko product carries the name of its maker.
The Swahili word for “kiondo” means basket. Kiondo bags and baskets are a Kenyan tradition, weaved with a special traditional technique. The knowledge of weaving is passed on from one generation to another. Each piece is handmade by skilled women in rural villages - our Team Kenya.
Kiondo Hanging Basket in Natural Sisal
Size: 9.5" Diameter x 8.3" Height
Material: Recycled Plastic and Sisal
Using locally sourced material is the main reason for using sisal in our baskets and bags. Sisal plants grow in the dry soil of Kenya where no chemical fertilizers are used in production.
Compared to other fibres typical in weaving, e.g. jute, rattan, seagrass, and water hyacinth, is more durable and anti-static. Sisal also takes dying better than seagrass or water hyacinth so it can be used to create different colours of baskets and bags.
Compared to rattan, sisal is a much softer material, allowing the baskets and bags to be formed into the shape you like.
The idea of Mifuko was born amongst the colourful bustle of a market in Nairobi, Kenya. Minna lived in Kenya at the time, and her close friend Mari was visiting. They had become acquainted while studying textile design at Aalto University. As they wandered around the market they were amazed by the craftsmanship of the artisans selling their goods. Shortly thereafter in 2009, Minna and Mari founded Mifuko with a clear goal: combine Nordic design and traditional African handicraft skills to form a business that directly benefits the people of rural Kenya.
Today Mifuko is a successful Fair Trade company, and our work is ever more urgent. In Kenya, climate change has led to recurring droughts making farming, traditionally the primary source of income and sustenance, an unreliable foundation for a stable livelihood. The income artisans earn from Mifuko helps ensure families are fed and cared for when crops can no longer provide security.
