I hate tassles

Well, I hate making tassles. The almost-a-wedding-present "shawl" is done, minus the evil tassles, and I really need to send it along to the intended recipient. But I have failed three times at making a satisfactory tassle, and I can't quite envision how I'm going to attach the tassles even when they're done, so I'm reverting to my default state of procrastination.
So, I imagined up a pair of arm warmers to make, using some unnamed lace pattern in The Big Book of Knitting. It has occurred to me that they won't be particularly stretchy, without a ribbed pattern. So I'll probably be casting them aside in frustration soon. Or sooner, because the tiny yarn and the lace annoyances are driving me batty.