I've used tulle, and all different kinds of netting. The netting in this tutorial was quite stiff--I think it's intended for making crinolines. I do prefer the stiff netting, it lays flat and there is less chance of marking it incorrectly. I might add that I'm getting quite a collection of them. I put the smaller one-block templates such as I made in this tute together with the original paper template in a see-through page protector and I keep them in a 3-ring binder. When I'm looking for a marking template it's easy to remove the netting and lay it on the block to see how it looks.