I must be in hell

So as with most crafts, friends ask "oh, can you make me one" and this applies to knitting too. We love our friends so we say "sure!" and proceed to design, purchase supplies and begin the piece. This is not so hard really, except when the friend states that they are allergic to wool. I am convinced that people who say they are allergic to wool just haven't met the right sheep, alpaca, llama etc.
Being an accommodating type person, I picked up some really nifty looking self striping 100% acrylic gray yarn and began knitting the chosen project (a scarf) in a seed stitch pattern. It looks cool but 237 rows into it, I want to shoot myself! After all this it is only about 24 inches long!
In the future, when I get the idea to do something in seed stitch with 100% acrylic yarn.... someone please whack me in the head until I regain my senses.