Creating Safe Spaces for Collective Healing
Weaving Hope back into the Human condition
Threads to Hope: A Hands-On Experience for Expression, Connection & Courage
Through thread and color, participants express what words can’t.
Become part of a growing, citywide story of hope.
Every completed loom becomes part of communinty-created string art bridge featured in The Bridges Project.
Connecting communities to the healing arts we are turning individual stories into a shared structure of courage and hope.
The Threads to Hope Looms are the foundation of the bridge itself.
Every thread, every color is a piece of emotional infrastructure our community is building together.
A Simple, Accessible Practice That Helps People Feel, Express, and Connect
Participants choose a color, tie a thread, and add their story—whether spoken, written, or simply felt—into a collective loom.
No pressure to talk. No art skills needed.
Just a moment to breathe, reflect, and reconnect.
Together, the threads become a visible reminder:
We are not alone. Being human is hard—
but healing becomes easier when we do it together.
Reduce Stigma & Isolation – Turning stories into string
Follow the Thread
Hope Spans-Check out these looms.
Hope Spans-Check out these looms.
Our Threads to Hope looms are already out in the community. If you had a message of hope or story you would like to weave into our Hope Spans, follow the Threads.
Currently at:
- Queen City Art (formerly the Charlotte Art League)
- Black Box Studios
- Others Venues Coming Soon
Hope Spans-Check out these looms.
Hope Spans-Check out these looms.
Hope Spans-Check out these looms.
Perfect for Schools/ Counseling Offices/
Non-Profits / Businesses
Bring Threads to Hope to your organization!
We will provide a loom, color threads, a reference guide, and help you get started.
Once your loom is full, we will pick it up and it will become part of The Bridges Project, a citywide collective healing arts exhibit promoting connection, resilience, and hope.
If you choose to participate ALL looms and weaving materials will be provided at
NO COST to you!
→ Request a Loom
→ Download Educator Toolkit (PDF)
Lunch & Learn & Pop-Up Weaving Event
Threads to Hope Storytelling Workshop
Threads to Hope Storytelling Workshop
Perfect for: Libraries, universities, workplaces, conferences, community events, and team building
A quick, approachable, hands-on weaving event that fits into any schedule.
Includes:
- 30–60 minute facilitated event
- Hands-on weaving, including all supplies
- Optional 5–10 minute talk: “Why Stories Matter”
- Completed looms contributed to The Bridges Project
→ Book a Pop-Up Event
→ Download Pop-Up Event Guide (PDF)
Threads to Hope Storytelling Workshop
Threads to Hope Storytelling Workshop
Threads to Hope Storytelling Workshop
Participants explore weaving, emotional expression, cultural traditions, and storytelling in a structured curriculum.
Includes:
- A customized program for your organization.
- Weekly lessons (1–5 week options)
- All Materials
- Emotional Wellness practices
- Cultural weaving history (Q’eswachaka + Indigenous weaving traditions)
- A completed loom added to The Bridges Project
→ Request a Workshop Series
→ Download Curriculum (PDF)
A Special thanks to our THreads to Hope SPonsors
BlackBox Studios
BlackBox Studios owner, artsit and master craftsperson, Shane Baskin Hilton is an intergral part and our team as designer, builder, installer, and sponsor procurement.
We are so grateful for her ongoing support.
Partner Spotlight:
We offer deep gratitude to our visionary sponsors who donated ALL the yarn for both the Threads to Hope looms and The Bridge itself.
Your generosity didn’t just fund an exhibit—you helped to engineer a movement of compassion.
Every Thread Is a Story. Every Story Is a Lifeline.
Connecting you to the power of storytelling and the healing arts.
Inspired by HopeWay's Looms, the Threads to Hope looms are handcrafted by Shane Baskin Hitlon and specifically made to travel throughout the community, collecting stories of hope, courage, and support, inside cute little 'Hope Suitcases'.
Our team would love to provide a Threads to Hope Loom with everything you need
to weave your own healing stories into our interactive exhibit.
Learn how to bring a Threads to Hope Loom to your next gathering or tabling event.
Help us build a bridge to wellness, one string at a time.
Be a Part of the Bridge to Wellness
We need communities to host, participate in, and help us complete these looms—
Our goal is to collect 40 completed looms—each filled with hundreds of threads contributed by the collective community. We can't build this alone.
Threads to Hope looms provides a safe, kinetic away to connect to our own stories. Wether you are weaving in silent prayer, writing an encouraging word, or holding space for others to weave, these looms are essential to the structure of our Bridge. They become the Hope Spans of our final bridge instillation an act as the guard rails to keep us safely on bridge through the human condition.
The Power of Community
Why Weaving?
For thousands of years, weaving has been a sacred practice in cultures around the world—from the highlands of Peru to Indigenous communities across the globe.
In Andean traditions, weaving is not just a craft but a form of community, of storytelling, prayer, and ancestral memory—each thread carrying meaning, history, and connection to the land.
By honoring these traditions, we remember that we are all part of something larger— we are all connected.
To everyone who’s bravely woven a thread or shared a story—you are the way across. You have changed the landscape of the human condition, and created a bridge from illness to wellness.