... soft, durable, and easy to dye.It can take the place of cord, grass, leaves, fabric, ribbon, stuffing, floral string, and ... even paper. A wide variety of hats, mats, baskets, bags, and twine are made from raffia. Often, it ... fabric, raffia weaves into straw hats for gardening, squares for place mats, or a matte for the background of a framed photograph ...