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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3209480, member: 8267"]The technique looks the same as crafters' pine needle baskets, but I agree the material in the coil is not pine needles. The wispy threads sticking out, in particular, are not characteristic of pine needles. There is a chance it is all raffia, which frays like that, and if tightly rolled can look like strands of grass. The fact that some is dyed makes me think it is more likely to be a commercially sold material like raffia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3209480, member: 8267"]The technique looks the same as crafters' pine needle baskets, but I agree the material in the coil is not pine needles. The wispy threads sticking out, in particular, are not characteristic of pine needles. There is a chance it is all raffia, which frays like that, and if tightly rolled can look like strands of grass. The fact that some is dyed makes me think it is more likely to be a commercially sold material like raffia.[/QUOTE]
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