I love this pattern and the videos that accompany it. I can see myself making several more of these since they’re quick to work up and quite versatile.

The best advice I can give is that the foundation row + first several rounds should at least fit comfortably around your upper arms. As you can see in my first photo, the center teal section goes straight around my arms/chest/back.

Differences from shawl #1:

• Started with a long-tail chain of 126 (about 20 fewer stitches than last time). With the shorter starting chain, it feels as though I got more shawl this time since there are more rows.
• Changed direction every round--this allowed me to crochet faster, because it’s easier to insert your hook into the back of a dc instead of the front. The drawback of this is that the striping will pool a little more along the round joins, but that wasn’t a deal breaker for me. In the end, it wasn’t super noticeable to me, plus the joins take up only “half” of the rows (see bottom photo).
• I still worked an eyelet round every 5 rounds as I did with shawl #1, but I was able to add an additional one this time.
• I worked a final row of single crochet, and had less than 1g of yarn left once I was finished. In the end this shawl has 3 more rounds (= 6 rows because top + bottom) than shawl #1, plus the sc round.

The edge of shawl #1 curls because it was worked with the dc stitches in same direction every round, while with shawl #2 I changed directions every round, so the edge of shawl #2 is not curling up. The final sc round probably helps combat the curl, too.

Things I would do differently if I made another one:

• I used a K hook for the chain (and chained loosely), but I really should’ve used an L hook instead. Chain row is a bit snug compared to the rest of the wrap, and still fits over my shoulders, but looser would’ve been better.
• Or forget a foundation chain and start with a foundation dc row. This would make it easier to measure around the shoulders/arms in the beginning.
• Maybe add beads to the edge?