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lace
Bobbin lace is a lace textile made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread together to form the design. The thread is wound on wooden bobbins weighted with decorative glass beads and as the work progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow, the placement of which is usually determined by a pattern or pricking pinned on the pillow. Torchon, Bedfordshire and Bucks Point laces, for instance, work the whole width of the lace back and forth and require few if any sewing (connecting two sections of lace together by sewing through loops made by the bobbins). The thread, of course, is one of the most important tools and the weight of thread generally depends on the type of lace being made. The high quality and firm “Z” twist of Cotton 50 thread makes it a popular choice for lace makers.
Needle lace is constructed using embroidery techniques, where the threads are wrapped and woven around each other. Judith Markham, of Lace Resource International (http://www.laceresources.com.au/ ) says that Aurifil cotton Mako' 40 has been successfully used to make Venetian Gros Point, a tightly woven lace with stitches packed closely together. It is the strong, smooth nature of this fine two ply thread that gives the best results for detailed needle lace patterns
Non-continuous bobbin laces, like Bruges, Duchess and Flemish Lace, have many "sewing" and may use a thicker thread like Cotton 28 and bobbins with a thicker end for the weight needed to hold the thread tensioned.
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The lace photo is of a piece of Torchon Lace made by Elizabeth May. She used Cotton Mako 50 to make a design that she had reduced by 30%. The original design is from the book "Building Torchon Patterns" written by B Cook.
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Cotton Mako' 50 
Cotton Mako' 40
Cotton Mako' 28
