Another failure!

Very disappointing, my shrug turned out to be another failure! I followed the instruction exactly; word by word! But in the end after stitching up the pieces together, the neck area still turned out weird and looks very ugly when I wore it. I tried redoing the neck, yet it still turn out TOO HIGH for my neck! So sad, wasted my time, effort and yarns. Perhaps I shouldn't have attempted something so complicated especially when I am just an amateur knitter. Sorry all, no final pictures to show everyone...just want to close this chapter and move on.