My original project with more photos:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/natinoo/shawl-for-meher

This shawl is knitted along the length, so it has a smaller number of looong rows rather than an enormous number of short rows. Be prepared for some calming, mindless knitting. Good for knitting group meetings, visits to hospital, waiting rooms and other stop-start, low attention environments.

Inspiration from
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/noro-striped-scarf
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/october-nursing-s...
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garden-party-shawl
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jamila-shawl