I had thought that rice straw couldn't be twisted, but I was using the wrong technique. In order to properly spin/twist the straw, you have to spin two separate bundles of rice straw so that the bundles themselves spin and they spin into each other.
This is much faster than braiding straw and allows it to then be twisted into even stronger ropes. I'm lucky to have family who have worked with straw in the past. I'm told that skilled farmers in rural Ningbo (China) can make 100ft-long ropes in an hour.
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