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The manual opens with a brief history of needle arts and proceeds to clear, elementary instruction and a dictionary of technical terms, enabling readers to learn stitches and techniques quickly. It provides step-by-step guidance and patterns across crochet, fancy knitting, tatting, embroidery, Berlin wool and point lace, with designs ranging from simple edgings and collars to intricate doilies, nets, bags, scarves, infant caps, and anti-macassars. Illustrative patterns and explanations cover materials, stitches, insertions, and border treatments, aiming to teach both basic execution and more elaborate decorative motifs for domestic handiwork.
The materials suitable for Table D’oyleys will be Cotton, No. 24 or 30, and crochet hook, No. 20. The D’oyley is to be worked from the Engraving, and afterwards finished with a narrow crochet edging, which will be found at the end of this book. To increase or diminish the size of D’oyleys, use cotton proportionably coarser or finer.