books.google.ca - Eleanor Wiley and Maggie Oman Shannon have taken an ancient practice and made it new. A String and a Prayer recounts the history and symbolism of prayer beads, teaches basic techniques for stringing beads and a host of other objects into prayer beads, and offers a variety of prayers and rituals to use...http://books.google.ca/books/about/A_String_and_a_Prayer.html?id=DSrplBNmmF0C&q=texture&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareA String and a Prayer
