I think it was a couple of years ago I read where someone took a bunch of threads, put them between 2 layers of water soluble stabilizer and just stitched in a crazy manner all over the threads to connect them. Then she dissolved the stabilizer and made a vest or something with it as right now I can't recall what it was but I don't see why you couldn't do the same thing with the small strings. Maybe use a fabric behind it to give it stability.