Leafwood by Nim Teasdale is a design that has intrigued me for some time.  

Nim has created a piece that is quite unique.  Here is what she writes:

Leafwood is a minimalist asymmetric triangle shawl, curved for stay-on shaping by a widening border of short row stripes. A decorative cable runs diagonally through the middle to highlight the contrast between the stripe border and the body of the shawl, and was inspired by the spine structure of leaves.

The design is worked sideways, and both the textured and lace parts of the pattern can be continued to any size.

The simplicity of the stripes and ridges is an ideal canvas for showcasing a beautiful yarn and for playing with colour. The design suits lace to worsted weight yarn, and is designed for a pairing of a speckled gradient and a solid, however would also suit two solids/semi solids, or a solid/semi-solid with a gradient or speckled mini-skein kit.

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On her personal Project page, Nim notes that she kept the same contrast color throughout, allowing it to play against the changing colors of her gradient yarn. 

Nim used for her original piece about 144 yards of her solid contrast red and roughly 460 yards of the gradient yarn.  

She notes that the size of the shawl is quite adaptable, as both the texture stitch and the lace sections are able to be worked to any size.  The design itself can be knit in any weight form lace to DK weight yarn in any total yardage between approx 400m and 1000m.