Looking for a Weekend Excursion? Try Craft Shop Hopping https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/t-magazine/craft-shops-connecticut-new-york.html Looking for a Weekend Excursion? Try Craft Shop Hopping A wealth of stores and studios in Connecticut and upstate New York offer lovely handmade wares that you’ll have forever. Clockwise from top left: Wendy Jensen’s split rattan baskets at 100 Main Street; Plain Goods in New Preston, Conn., housed in a former community gathering hall turned post office that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; gold jewelry, made by the former fashion industry veteran Selina King, at Antony Todd Home; a display of housewares, including the store’s Japanese blue and brown spotted ceramic line, at Privet House; a custom mosaic tiled table top by the duo at Bantam Tileworks; ash-glazed stoneware made by Jane Herold Pottery.Credit...Clockwise from top left: Anne Day/Courtesy of 100 Main; Courtesy of Plain Goods; Courtesy of Antony Todd Home; Courtesy of Privet House; Courtesy of Bantam Tile; Monique Sourinho/Courtesy of Jane Herold Pottery