Koodai Shopping Bags (Recycled Plastic)

Koodai is a traditional basket-making technique from Tamil Nadu that has a special place in our story. Anitha, Akidat's Creative Director and Shradha's mum, first learnt the technique as a school-going child. Today, she is bringing it back to life through Akidat.

Each Koodai is hand-braided, woven and knotted using processed recycled plastic yarn, with no machine doing the work. A single bag can take several days to complete, making every Koodai a genuinely handmade piece.

They're colourful, practical, washable and happy to face a bit of British rain too.