English, go to WalMart and buy a yard of their red striped pillow ticking, it is all cotton and .018 thick...
Some guys cut at the muzzle, some cut at the loading block, some cut round patches with a hole saw with the teeth filed off and some cut square patches...It doesn't matter all will produce good accuracy...
I used SnoSeal for lube for about 25 years, this summer I made some from 2 parts bees wax, 8 parts castor oil and 2 parts Murphy's Oil soap...I found this at
www.muzzleloading.com
I cut a strip of patching 1 1/4 inch wide, spread the lube on both sides, with a putty knife and roll the strip up and microwave for 20 seconds....I can then store this in my patch box...