I have to admit that I do not fucking understand why one would go to the trouble of knitting a nice piece and make it out of RH. When I knit, yes, I'm doing it for the fun of knitting, but I'm also doing it so that I can have something I wouldn't be able to buy pre-made. I usually end up aiming for higher quality for price than I could get in a store, which means I may end up paying a little more but ending up with something much better (I can just barely afford to knit a complicated cabled/lacework sweater out of a nice, high-quality animal fiber - I would pay less for a similar mass-produced sweater, but the fiber quality would be worse and the pattern far less interesting and unique, and I wouldn't have nearly the control over the color). Often, though, even with pricier (but not God's magical pubic hairs pricey) yarns, the end result is still that I save money and get something nicer. (I know a lot of people can't use animal fibers, but there are lots of very nice plant-based natural and synthetic fibers that, you know, aren't RHSS.)

That and RH and its ilk give me flashbacks to the toilet-roll-cover doll in my grandmother's guest bathroom.