This is my Saori version of a Tibetan Khata (”a traditional ceremonial scarf used in Tibet and Mongolia. It symbolizes goodwill, auspiciousness and compassion” - Wikipedia).

The scarf is woven of a simple white cotton thread. I have used the Saori technique of grouped weft and skipped dents to give the scarf a variation in texture as we are all different.

Sculptures by Michael Dennis, setting Salt Spring Woodworks, Salt Spring Island, BC

more photos and information here

• Entered in The Small Scarf Virtual Exhibition
• Sent to Sendai, Japan as part of 'Saori Peace Weave 2008'

Weaving for
Climate Change Action

In December 2007 there was a day for "International Climate Change Action". On Salt Spring Island, there was a gathering at ArtSpring with presentations, music and information on what we can do in our own lives and in the community.

The same day I was at another event with my Saori loom and so we made a banner for "Climate Change Action". See my blog posts below for more details.

International Climate Change Action Day
A banner for Climate Change Action

Photos from
Saori Peace Weave 2007
click here to view

Peace Banners at a Peace Rally
on Salt Spring Island, BC ~ March 2008
on YouTube

More Peace Banners...

At the Salt Spring Fall Fair and on International Peace Day another Peace Banner was created...

This one was on display at ArtSpring for the community to see and is now in my studio awaiting a destination for Peace.

Thanks to the SSI Weavers & Spinners Guild and TJ Beans for the venues and thanks to all the wonderful weavers!

Peace Banner Poster

Thank you to everyone who contributed and participated in Weaving a Banner for Peace in 2006!

The first Peace Banner was finished on August 12, 2006 and is now on display at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre in Downtown Vancouver, BC.

The Peace Banner
is 30 feet long.

The Peace Banner started in Vancouver, at the World Peace Forum, where there were people from all across Canada from the USA, from India, Japan, Yugoslavia, Mexico, and many other countries.

The Peace Banner then travelled to a SAORI conference in Worcester, MA, where SAORI weavers from Japan and across the USA and Canada added to the banner. The banner was then finished here on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada with weaving done by many more people.

If you are one of the people who have done some of the weaving, please contact me me with any comments, photos or stories that you have about Weaving the Peace Banner.

Also, if you are interested in the creation of another Peace Banner, please let me know, as this will be the first of many banners for Peace.

Fibre Focus - Winter 2006

"Weaving a Banner for Peace" article published

Thank you to:

• Kim Cowley-Adam, for the loan of her SAORI loom
• The Salt Spring Weavers' Guild, for donations of yarn
• SAORI Worcester for donations of yarn and for the fabulous SAORI conference
• The World Peace Forum for the inspiration and venue at UBC
• The Vancouver Public Library for providing another great venue
• The Women's Working Group of The World Peace Forum for their encouragement
• The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, who supported the World Peace Forum and it's sessions
• The Downtown Eastside Women's Centre in Vancouver, BC, for agreeing to be stewards of the Peace Banner. The banner is now on display in the women's drop-in centre.
• all those who participated!

Weaving the Peace Banner

"The SAORI way is to weave friendships as we weave fabric. SAORI bridges differences between people, and celebrates both our variety and our common humanity."

Weaving A Tapestry of Faith
~ A school project ~

122 students, plus staff, parents, principals and a visiting Bishop created this banner as a way to celebrate a week of learning about "Weaving a Tapestry of Faith" and weaving faith into our everyday lives.

More details about the project on my blog