Shawlapalooza: the raw materials

Today is February 16th. In just 25 days, my brother will be married. The ladies of the wedding party are meant to have shawls. Knuknitter found some fabulous Prism yarn that matches our Vera Wang dresses like it was made for us - but only about 690 yards. She also made a large-ish swatch, demonstrating that this yarn needs to be knit on size 13 needles. We met to talk about the project 2 weeks ago (eee, time passing!) and then I went to Knitting Arts for complimentary yarns to stretch our supply of Prism. Here are two ideas of ways to set off the groovy yarn in a complementary background - both plans are for rectangular "wraps" more than traditional triangular shawls:

Multicolor mess of yarn    2 color: Prism plus Love
            

I knit one swatch for the Love Prism shawl last week, decided on a pattern, ripped out the swatch (mistake?) and am ready to start knitting shawls.. but , um, no shawls have been knitted so far! I'm sort of glad I wrote this post, because it makes clear the need for speed! Guess what I'll be knitting at Meetup tonight??

If worst comes to worst.. I end up with a capelet instead of an entire shawl/wrap.