When I cleared out my dad's house last year, the old splint bushel
baskets my mother used for laundry in the forties and fifties were
still there, complete with their little fabric liners (they were
probably bought for the purpose, rather than home made, as they had
coordinating fabrics, and bias binding around the edgeds).
Nostalgically, I brought them back here with me, and they are in the
basement now -- but I realize why my mother switched to plastic when
it became available: the things are splintery on the outside as well
as inside, and although they have wire handles (not all that
comfortable for toting a whole load of wet sheets etc. up to the old
drying carousel), and the fabric covers the inside and the outside of
the rim, the outside of the basket itself hits your clothes or
legs...OUCH! and if you are wearing nylons, DARN!
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Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan
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