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Romanian point lace, also called Hungarian point lace, macramé crochet, or simply Romanian lace, is a type of tape lace originating in Transylvania, Romania.

History

The lace originated in the early 20th century. Romanian nuns travelled to Egypt and taught the technique to families of European descendants. In England, it known as "Hungarian point lace" because it originated in Transylvania, which was once part of Hungary. Romanian point lace was first mentioned in Coats Booklet #525 Doilies in Coats Mercer Crochet during late 1960s. The lace was popularized in the U.S. by Romanian-born lace-makers Sylvia Murariu and Ioana Bodrojan: Murariu through her books, first published in 1966, and Bodrojan through interviews with PieceWork magazine. Since the 1980's, Aenne Burda's Knitting and Needlecrafts magazine has published multiple articles about the technique, calling it "macramé crochet".

Features

Romanian point lace created by basting hand-crocheted cord to an intricate design and then filling in areas between the cord with needle lace and needle weaving. This technique uniquely employs a crochet hook as well as a needle to incorporate crochet and weaving techniques. Instead of a pre-made tape, as is typical in other tape laces (such as Battenberg lace), a specially crocheted cord is used, which has loops along the sides to which cords are connected for needle weaving.

References

1. Thompson, Angela (2003). Romanian point lace. Kathleen Waller. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8832-8. OCLC 51966649.
2. ^ "ROMANIAN POINT LACE". Crochet. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
3. ^ "Romanian Lace". lacismuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
4. Elwell, Bart. "Ioana Bodrojan’s Romanian Point Lace." PieceWork, January-February 2001 Issue.
5. "Romanian Point Lace". Retrieved 2022-04-07.

External links

• Romanian Point Lace by Angela Thompson & Kathleen Waller

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