A lovely design by Nim Teasdale, This Delicious Solitude is a joy to knit. 

Here is what Nim writes:

Solitude is a beaded, crescent shaped shawl, designed with the joy of quiet time in mind.

Sometimes there is nothing more enjoyable than curling up with some beautiful yarn and intricate, but not too complex, lace.

This is a crescent shaped shawl, with inbuilt shaping in the transition to lace, which gives a generous flare to the edging, and creates a longer shape with less depth, perfect for wrapping and elegant draping.

The edging uses a variation of a stitch pattern by Naomi Parkhurst of Gannet Designs, based on the word Solitude, and is perfect for a big night in, hiding at home with some yarn. Or a special night out, looking glamorous and serene, if your cup of solitude happens to be full. :)

• Optional beading adds a subtle sparkle to the lace.

• Both the body pattern and the edging lace sections are repeatable, allowing the shawl to be adapted to a range of yardages.

• Suits lace to fingering weight yarn.

• Can be worked entirely from the written pattern, or from charts with notes.

Nim writes also that the pattern suits lace to fingering weight, and has some flexibility as to yardage.

The pattern is written as approx 3/5 of a circle, however it can be adapted to alter the number wedges and use more or less yarn.  She covers this on her project notes.  Plus the final 30 rows are an optional extension - you can bind off on any row throughout this section and still have a decorative edge.

Her original shawl as shown here used 608m (665y) of a fingering weight yarn and measures 138x65cm (55x25in) after blocking.

Beads

The number of beads you will need is very very variable, depending on where you decide to put them, how many repeats you use, and the like.

For Nim's original one, she put beads in the central repeat only on her first repeat, beaded the three central repeats on her second time through and the five central repeats on her third. She only used a total of 27 beads. 

She tells me that to bead every repeat as per pattern, assuming starting lace when she did, would use under 200 beads, for three full repeats of the lace.