This is a generous shawl, being both wide and deep. It can be made as large or small as you would like, the only limits are your imagination. I have worked it in fingering weight yarn on size 4 needles, but you could work this pattern in any yarn or needles you choose. As written this pattern calls for 4 skeins of fingering weight yarn, though you can use more or fewer colors as you like. A gauge has been given but is not really important for this particular item.