Shawl challenge.

So here is the look I'm going for, Claire's shawl from Outlander. I found a very nice pattern on Ravelry called When in Scotland and even better, it's free!!!

So I've started it, but I'm not sure how it's going to end up looking like it should! I'm not a great knitter, so it's hard to imagine how something will turn out from reading the pattern. 

If anyone good at knitting could comment on how this is supposed to work, I'd be very glad :D