Saori Weaving is a philosophy of weaving that embraces a "no rules, no mistakes" exploration of freestyle weaving. It is for all ages and abilities-no previous experience necessary! 

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SAORI is a contemporary hand weaving program founded by a Japanese lady, Misao Jo about 40 years ago, in which everyone can express oneself freely regardless of age, gender, disability or intellectual aptitude.  In SAORI, people can enjoy hand weaving as an art form not only as a hand craft. In the past 40 years, SAORI has been introduced all over Japan, and there are more than 40,000 SAORI weavers in Japan only.  SAORI has also been introduced overseas, in more than 40 countries.

"SA" of SAORI has the same meaning as the first syllable of the word "SAI" which is found in Zen vocabulary.  It means everything has its own individual dignity.  And the "ORI" means weaving.

All flowers are beautiful, even though each individual flower is different in form and color.  Because of this difference, "all are good".  Because everything has the same life, life cannot be measured by a yardstick.  It is this individuality that makes everything meaningful and the uniqueness of each thread that creates the tapestry of life.

                                                                                                         Misao Jo, Founder of SAORI