Lever is a shaped crafting recipe that uses 2 items: 1 Stick and 1 Cobblestone. Place the ingredients exactly in the pattern shown above. The pattern can sit anywhere on the grid as long as its shape stays the same. Because it fits into 2×2 slots, you can craft it directly in your inventory — no crafting table needed.
You need 1 Stick and 1 Cobblestone — 2 items in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 1× Lever.
No. The recipe fits into 2×2 slots, so you can craft it in your inventory's crafting grid. A crafting table works as well.
It is a shaped recipe: the arrangement matters. You can shift the pattern around the grid, but the shape must stay the same.