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Gracelock
Article © MAIL User: Phong

Gracelock 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 AR of 5 and up. High 4.x might work, but it will be difficult to connect the IR chains.

Step 1: Make an Inverted Round chain as long as you want the final Gracelock piece to be tall. Lay it out so that the bottom is flat against the table, and the top is parallel to the table. The two sides should make an X pattern.

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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.

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Step 3: Pass a ring through the top of the first available <>.

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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.

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Step 5: Pass a ring through the second and third <>'s.

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Step 6: Repeat this until you reach the end of the chains.

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Step 7: Flip the patch over.

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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.

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Step 9: Pass a ring through the second and third <>'s.

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Step 10: Repeat this until you reach the end of the chains.

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Step 11: Continue making Inverted Round chains and connecting them until the patch is the desired length.

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