I am making progress on the mandala shawl. I hate the beginning for circular shawls -- it is fiddly and I no longer like using double pointed needles and I can see some laddering which I will have to adjust before blocking. I decided on metallic iris green beads to get a touch of gold and green together. I think they work.
Here is the yarn, Love Potion Number 3 from The Gossamer Web, custom dyed for me -

And a look at the knitting --


