The hardest thing about this shawl was picking out the color, I must have tried a 100 combinations, well no not really but it felt that way. In the end I went with a neutral grey scheme and I love how it turned out. Only two changes, I went down a needle size and eliminated one stripe in the first band/section because I knew I would run out of one my colors. In the end it still turned out to be a lovely big shawl I can wrap around my neck several times. I love it!