It's really pretty, but I know what you mean. I have a tesselating star one in the works, but is taking forever. I pull it out & do another row or so, then get tired of it & work on something else. Will be glad when it's done, & don't plan to do another one. I did one similar & gave it to a friend when we found out she had had cancer surgery & had to have chemo. Decided I wanted one for our couch, so here I am, lol! Love it, but what was I thinking, lol...