This is the shawl that never ends ...

Why do so many shawl patterns begin at the neck?

Is it because the construction is more efficient?
Will the shawl fit better?
Does it make the stitch pattern line up correctly?

No.



It's because nobody in her right mind would voluntarily start a pattern that began,
"Cast on 810 stitches."



That's why.

It's never going to end.