The pattern specifies: Bedspread Weight Cotton Thread (size 10), approximately 3 balls (282 yards per ball)

Steel crochet hook size 7 (1.65 mm) or size needed for gauge

Pattern stitches: V Stitch, Beginning Shell, Shell, Double Shell, Double Treble Crochet.

The doily is worked in 34 rounds. Instructions are verbal; there is no pattern stitch diagram for this doily. The instructions begin on page 13 and run five pages!