I don't know what it's called, but my daughter who took Japanese and Chinese, used this very thin paper with small grid lines inside of large grid lines, and the sheets are about 12x18, she used them to practice her writing, but now i use them to graph my quilts and copy patterns, they are like onion skin.
Use round needle nose pliers for grabbing a needle I can't pull out.
use a table cloth with felt backing for my design board.
Use a headlight that workers use around their heads to HQ ( always have the light in right spot).