Has anyone ever heard of edible raffia?

no but i would try out some filo dough for that

i think i would butter it and fold it/roll it and bake it in the circumferences i needed--just for a small cake first to test

it might break-- but i would 'knot it' there where it breaks

or even bake it in pieces so it can be assembled with 'knots' at the joins

would have to be baked to each circumference if it even works ;)

it might not work but that's where my brain went when i read this

Roll out some fondant real thin, and cut strips with an herb mincer, or just roll a pizza cutter back and forth to make strips. 

Or if you're feeling adventurous, make some Sugarveil (tinted the appropriate color), and you can cut strips from that.

I would experiment with my clay gun first.  If you have one, there are a couple of discs that just might work. If that doesn't work then I think I would go the thin strips route like AZCouture suggested.

don't know if I would want to eat it or not, but I would try rice paper, to make it. You could use an Olfa cutter to cut it, and you might be able to  tie it, if your rice paper was pliable enough, not sure how you could get it to be more pliable,  but you might steam it, either with a fabric steamer, or putting it  on a large cooling rack, over a pan of boiling water, might work.

WOW!!! these are great ideas .....LOVE ALL the suggestions.  I wasnt the one who asked the question, but I had wondered about that myself a few weeks back.  I used real raffia.

Or cut these in strips:

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Ladies-Spring-Paper-Wrappers/dp/B00437EN2C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1363038285&sr=8-2&keywords=rice+paper

or something similar (very thin, edible).

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Originally Posted by shanter 

Or cut these in strips:

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Ladies-Spring-Paper-Wrappers/dp/B00437EN2C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1363038285&sr=8-2&keywords=rice+paper

or something similar (very thin, edible).

Very neat idea!