Open Mind

Often we can find craft patterns and ideas in unexpected places.

You might want to browse the links in my Palm Weaving - Palm Sunday post, link below.

http://prayersncrafts.blogspot.com/2010/03/palm-weaving-palm-sunday.html

Although the patterns are for palm strips and for a religious holiday, there's no reason you can't learn the weaving techniques and apply them to other materials.