Canadian exchange

Here's the story. I belonged to a Spinners Guild that did a swap with a group of Canadians earlier this year. The idea was that we received a skein of yarn and created something with it and then returned the finished item. My yarn was sent to someone in Canada who did the same thing. This is the story of my yarn exchange journey.

I usually work with DK weight yarns. I also tend to work in colour in a big way, so when I received a very fine oatmeal coloured handspun, I was stumped as to what to do. I started making a scarf. I got part way and decided it didn't suit the yarn so I ripped it out. I then started another, and ripped it out. At this point I fell out of love with the yarn and it went in the sin bin (a basket for all projects I get frustrated with). 

I was reminded recently that the project needs to wing it's way back to Canada. The lady from Fraggletops Studio would be in the UK to collect the projects and exchange the items. So last week I set about trying to design a pattern to show off the yarn. I decided upon a shawl as you can never have enough of them, right? I wanted a pattern that would highlight the variation in colour found in the fleece. I also decided to use a gradient of needle sizes to add a little more interest. I finally finished the shawl yesterday and washed it. It is pictured below, after a little light blocking. It would probably take more blocking, but I need to find my blocking pins to do that, so I might suggest to the recipient that they try that.... What do you think? Should it be blocked more?