That’s what I just said, when my frustrations with this @$&#!! shawl finally boiled over, and I ripped the whole damned thing out. I was able to overlook how the increases in the body didn’t line up with the start of the lace, even though it did bug me; but when the second lace pattern had me tearing my hair out, and I realized I wasn’t going to finish on time anyway? Yeah, not worth it to spend the rest of the day working on something that I likely won’t even wear.
Sometimes it has to be done. Put it aside and knit something fun, whatever that may be. It’s all to the good, in the end.