That's my problem with it too! I never thought I cared much about yarn quality, until I tried out knitting and ended up with it in my hands for hours on end. Acrylics hurt, and RH is the worst of those. (Not a yarn snob, for the record - I'm just saying that it hurts my hands, not that people shouldn't use it if theirs are fine with it. Who the hell has the money for $50 yarn to use on minor projects, if they don't have to?)