Medium skills. You need yarn (pillow knitted in thick yarn: PT3 yarn is Bulky, 12 ply, 7 wpi. You need 250 grams, 416 meters or 455 yards. Pillow knitted in thin yarn: Dale Royal Alpakka is Sport, 5 ply, 12 wpi. You need 250 grams, 663 meters or 725 yards) and needles (3,5/US 4 for the thin yarn, 5,5/US 9 for the thick yarn) and snaps for the upper edge. If you want fabric on the back you need to buy that too. Knitted back and forth.