chachaknits: Cheater's lace scarf pattern

Check out this pattern:

chachaknits: Cheater's lace scarf pattern

This pattern inspired me to buy a ball of Karabella Mirage yarn in the mink color. It was lovely! I wanted to knit this pattern for my aunt, but after I started it suddenly looked like something I pulled out of my hairbrush. I will frog it but frogging this stuff is a nightmare because it sticks together and tangles. I think I'm going to try the Cheater's Lace pattern with it instead. So, knitting question #1 - why did this stuff look so terrible on a regular lace pattern? I mean, it's lace yarn! I only did one repeat of the pattern, did I need to do more before it showed up? Or was it the multicolor nature of the yarn? Were my stitches not even enough? I don't want to post a picture of this even with zero people reading it, it's simply too embarrassing to even show to imaginary friends.