Don't get us wrong...we love Knit Picks and we don't mean any harm by "picking"at them. If you've been to the site, you'll know that on their project pages, they say something like "You could knit this for as low as $25" Of course, they're emphasizing their low price on quality yarn. Things were fine until they discontinued their Palisades yarn. After that, the price of these knitted bags went up sky high!