Patola weaving has been preserved by only two Salvi families who carry on this superb craft in Patan, Gujarat. Kanaiyalal Mafatlal Salvi has been engaged in Patola weaving since childhood. His handmade Patola fabrics are included in several prominent museum collections in India, Japan, Britain, Switzerland and U.S.A. He has held numerous exhibitions in India and abroad. Kanubhai has given demonstrations in Crafts Museums, Surajkund Mela, Central Cottage Industries Emporium, New Delhi. He had also demonstrated the Patola loom to former US President Jimmy Carter and Mrs.

Carter when they visited India in 1978. He has displayed his craft in Festival of India at Japan and USSR through Ministry of Textiles and Crafts Museum, New Delhi.Kanaiyalal and his wife Varsha Salvi conducted workshops on the techniques of Patola weaving at Honolulu Academy of Arts in U.S.A. which was extremely popular and well-attended and they also held an exhibition in East West Center, Honolulu. He is constantly innovating with new designs like Navratan pattern and Daccan Pallav.