Following are the tools and raw materials required for Nettipatam making at Thrissur:
| • Scissors | - It is used to cut the paper, cloth, threads to the required shapes and sizes. |
| • Pliers | - It is used to cut the beads of various sizes. |
| • Woolen coloured threads | - It is used as fringes, kaalangiyam for the nettipatam. |
| • Golden papers | - It is pasted on the canvas to fix the beads as per pattern. |
| • Gum | - It is used to fix the beads on the pattern. |
| • Pen | - It is used in marking the required sizes of the Nettipatam. |
| • Small bead chain | - It is coiled around the big beads of the pattern. |
| • Board to stick the beads | - Stiff and flat surface required for spreading the beads on the pattern. |
| • Fancy Twine thread | - It is used to fix the two ends of the pattern for hanging. |
| • Canvas | - It is used as the base on which the golden papers are pasted. |
