Tattoo Regret: Ink Meant for a Scarf... On My Shoulder?

So here's a situation I'm trying to process... Last autumn I commissioned a geometric cable pattern for my upper back, thinking it would translate beautifully as a tattoo...? The artist was patient with my fumbling descriptions, but... I completely forgot how different textile textures look on skin versus fabric. The design was inspired by a macrame project I’d admired—tight, symmetrical knots that flow seamlessly... but on my shoulder, it’s more like a knotted error message. Up close, the lines feel... aggressive? Like a tangled yarn ball someone tried to pass off as art. I panicked at the needle’s first prick but didn’t stop to think how scaling down a 12-inch macrame motif to 4 inches might lose all subtlety. Has anyone here messed up a design by conflating mediums?? I’m considering a cover-up, but now I’m scared the new artist will laugh at my 'textile project gone rogue.'