First Formal Frogging

I've made plenty of mistakes on knitting projects. Some I live with, some I frog (rip it, rip it!) back to a lifeline to redo, some I frog whatever I have and start over entirely. I'm pretty sure my Muvs(Convertible Mittens) involved at least 4 frogging sessions to various stages for the first mitten alone. My first attempt at wristlets, though, will be formally frogged back to a small wad of yarn and won't be returning - at least not with the same yarn.

I like the pattern and I like how the Panda Silk yarn was working with the pattern. In other circumstances all would have been well, but I am not yet very skilled at estimating yardage for a project. I was hopeful that I would have enough yarn leftover from my Socks of Kindness, but I was wrong. But, on the plus side, this frogging didn't result in tears. I knew I was trying to cheat with the leftover yarn without knowing if it would be enough, so it was just a risk that didn't work out.

Still, it led me to wonder... is frogging an entire project with no intention of redoing it all that common? I'm sure it would be common in cases like this where there simply wasn't enough yarn, but do people frequently do it when they have plenty of yarn to go around and just don't like it? I've either been entirely lucky and have always had the perfect yarn for the project or - and this is definitely more likely - I'm just not that picky and I like letting the yarn do whatever it's going to do. I also wonder if I'm going to become more picky as I become less clumsy with my knitting. I'm not sure I'm looking forward to that. I think I'd much rather stick with the luck!