Gracelock is a weave by Grace Cuplin. It can be viewed as an Interwoven Gridlock or as an Inverted Round Sheet. This tutorial uses the latter approach, and connects Inverted Round chains into a sheet.
Gracelock takes an AR of 5 and up. High 4.x might work, but it will be difficult to connect the IR chains. 22awg 1/8", 20awg 3/16", 18swg 1/4" and 16swg 5/16" work.
Metric sizes - approximately 0.6mm wire/3mm ID; 0.8mm wire/4.8mm ID; 1.2mm wire/6.4mm ID; and 1.6mm wire/8mm ID.
All rings are steel.
Step 2: Make another Inverted Round chain the same length as the first, and lay it out next to the first. Make sure that they match each other - in this example both 'tops' have 3 rings and both 'bottoms' have 4 rings.
At this point the sides of the two chains make a <> pattern; the < from the X on the left chain, the > from the X on the right chain. You'll be connecting the two chains via these <> points.
Step 3: Pass a ring through the top of the first available <>.
Step 4: Pass a ring through the first and second <>'s. This may be difficult if you're using a ring size at the lower end of the allowable AR range.
Step 5: Pass a ring through the second and third <>'s.
Step 6: Repeat this until you reach the end of the chains.
Step 7: Flip the patch over.
Step 8: Pass a ring through the first and second <>'s. We didn't pass a ring through just the first <> because it would end up hanging off the end of the patch.
Step 9: Pass a ring through the second and third <>'s.
Step 10: Repeat this until you reach the end of the chains.
Step 11: Continue making Inverted Round chains and connecting them until the patch is the desired length.
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