On the photo above, you can see how the shawl looks after the (optional) surface crochet rows are added. This photo shows the bold side of the surface crochet rows (on the other side the narrow light color stripes are more subtle).
The free crochet pattern for this shawl can be printed from http://crochet.about.com/library/n010507.htm
Pattern copyright (c) 2007 by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com, Inc. Free for your own personal (non-profit, non-commercial) use only.