Romanian Lace cord tutorial / video

OK, so I have never made a tutorial video so this is very rough, but I hope it helps those who want to learn to make this cord, because it is easier to learn in motion than from written instructions. I had the camera on a tripod, so it goes a little in and out of focus; sorry for that. In the photos are some close ups of the cord in different colors and sizes of thread so you can see what it looks like up close. This cord is very unique in that it can unravel from either end; that is why it is very important the over and under because if you don't do that, the cord will not unwind from both ends. I have made this cord with size 100 tatting thread up to Aunt Lydia's rug yarn (I am not fond of the yarn size). At one time I thought I would make a rug with this technique using big rug yarn; didn't like the project, so it got torn apart and never saw the light of day.

all the yarn overs I am going to call hook over or hook under
ho =hook over
hu= hook under
the pattern is
chain 2 skip chain closest to hook single crochet in second hook doing first Hook over and second hook under turn go through first bar on side. *ho then hu pull off turn. Now go under the two bars on side at the same time * repeat from star to star for desired length

Finally figured out how to rotate that image see below for a rotated video so here is the updated video

tutorial done in sugar and cream yarn size F hook, but I usually use size 10 thread size 10 hook
size 20 thread size 12 hook
size 30 thread size 14 hook
anything smaller a size 16 hook

The last photo has two other cords in it; they do not unwind from both ends but add nice texture to your work. These are some of the cord I used on the bolero vest.

Other names for this type of lace: Romanian macramé, Romanian Point lace, Romanian Crochet, European Macramé,

You do not have to use this cord just for Romanian lace; use it anywhere a strong cord is need. Also, you can string beads on it and add a little differnt texture to your work. You could string all the beads on first or add them as you go, but this is not traditional. However, if it is your work, that doesn't matter. Also you can use this as a cord embellishment, if using smaller crochet thread like size 30, on clothes and other items just as you would rick rack on top of items.

Please help me -- my play video isn't working on my computer. Please let me know if this plays for you. Would love to see any results from this; there is a group on flickr for this type of work. I will do more tutorials in the future on how to baste this down to a pattern, how to find patterns at quilt/fabric stores even when they say they don't have them or know what they are, and lastly a few filling stitches. But I am not promising when I will do this other than sometime this summer because of work and I still need to get the last rug tutorial up.

Update November 29,2011
New group on Ravelry all about Romanian point Lace please feel free to join in the fun

Update January 14 2012

I was asked a question in the RPL group on ravelry and this is the answer to it

Question :  does it make a difference if you only do hook over both times instead of hook over and hook under?

1. I know hook over/ hook under works ( I already knew this)
2. I know hook under/ hook under doesn’t work ( I already knew this)
3. I now know hook over/ hook over doesn’t work (just tested it had to find out plus it is awkward)
4. I now know hook under/ hook over the reverse of number 1 works (just tested it had to find out) (works but is awkward to me I am right handed) hey I just learned something new may help someone (wonder if it would help lefties since they do things the opposite)

It wasn’t exactly your question but it made me curious so I thought I would test option 4 and it worked so there are two ways to make the cord and they are opposites of each other. No dumb questions everyone learns from all questions that brings up something new.

There is another blog that has a tutorial up for making an ornament if you end up going to that blog use her tutorial only for the ornament her way of making the cord is the wrong way ( I can't remember which but either number 2 or 3 is her way) and it will not unravel properly and will cause you nothing but grief in trying to make it unravel, just an FYI.