I had some lovely yarn that was asking to become a shawl. Specifically, a bottom-up shawl so that I could just knit until I ran out of yarn. I tried a few patterns, but there was just no synergy between the patterns and the yarn. Finally, I decided to write my own pattern and started browsing motifs that would work. One named the Lotus Blossom ...

Gauge is in ribs per inch, rather than stitches. 16 ribs (visible stitches) is 32 stitches.