In Memory of elon
Loveline was created as a tribute to Gallit and Chris's son Elon, who passed away on his eighth day of life.
In the grief that followed, Gallit returned to her sewing machine searching for something beautiful to make when nothing else made sense. What emerged was Loveline: a practice that became a craft, a craft that became a business, and a business that carries forward the love they hold for their son.
Every basket that leaves the studio is a small act of sending that love into the world.
The beginning
Loveline is a story that starts with vegetables — and a farmer who grew them.
In 2007, Gallit Cavendish was the chef at a restaurant in Maine when a farmer walked through the door, looking to sell his organic produce. She fell for the vegetables first. Then the farmer.
Within a year, she'd left the kitchen, moved to his farm in Bowdoinham, and started building a life together. Today, Gallit and Chris live on that same land with their two daughters, Calliope and Poppy. The farm has changed. So have they. But the love that started it all?
That's what Loveline is made of.
The Craft Emerges
Gallit came to basket-making the way many makers do, through a need to create something when everything else felt uncertain.
What began as a practice became a craft. What started as one basket became dozens, then hundreds, each one hand-dyed, hand-sewn, and completely unique. Over time, Chris brought his woodworking to the studio, crafting hand-turned lids from walnut and cherry that transformed simple baskets into heirloom pieces.
Now, Loveline is their shared work; a wife and husband making beautiful, useful things in a small Maine town, sending them out into homes where they'll hold whatever matters most.
Brand Philosophy
"My personal mission is to send love out into the world, one basket at a time."
— Gallit Cavendish
Every Loveline basket is a vessel — for the things you carry, the moments you gather, and the life you're building. We don't make objects meant to be replaced. We make pieces meant to be kept, filled, and eventually passed down.
That's what a modern heirloom is. That's what we do.
Gallit Cavendish
Founder & Maker
Gallit is a professional chef turned maker. After twenty years in restaurant kitchens, she traded her knives for rope and found a new way to create something nourishing. She designs and sews every piece by hand in the studio behind their Bowdoinham home. Her baskets are informed by the same instincts she brought to cooking: an eye for color, an attention to texture, and a belief that the things we make should be beautiful and useful in equal measure.
Chris Cavendish
Woodworker & Creative Partner
Chris spent over twenty years as an organic vegetable farmer before joining Gallit in the Loveline studio. His hand-turned lids and handles, crafted from sustainably harvested walnut, cherry, and maple are what transform a beautiful basket into a true heirloom. He brings a farmer's patience and a woodworker's precision to everything he makes. Every lid is turned from a single piece of wood. Every handle is shaped to feel right in your hand. It's precision work, done well.
From Rope to heirloom
the craft
"Each basket has taken on a layer of meaning for me. They've become the vessels within which my love for my
family and all of humankind is held."
— Gallit Cavendish
