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.
[4] Since the 1980's, Aenne Burda's Knitting and Needlecrafts magazine has published multiple articles about the technique, calling it "macramé crochet".
[2] 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.
[3] 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.