[lace-chat] Laundry baskets

[Martha Krieg]

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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