Soft Stitch Markers

Interestingly, your ideas of "reasonable" correspond roughly to what I wanted to have the retail price be... around $10, so I'd get $5.

Here are some other things that cost around $10:
• a pair of wedding cards not bought at the dollar store (when did cards get so expensive?!?)
• a paperback book
• lunch at a food court
• a set of dpns
• a nice ball of yarn
• a first-run movie ticket
• postage for a tiny parcel from Canada to the USA
• a yard of print cotton fabric
I really don't think $10 is out of line for a set of handmade, snag-free, sturdy, cute, warm, soft stitch markers is really out of line.

Here are the soft stitch markers in use:

I didn't have anything on the needles that would do well at showing off the markers, so I cast on the above. For scale, that's worsted weight yarn on US 5 needles. Now I *finally* have something to send to Knittah for her Botswana project:

(Yeah, I missed this collection deadline, but I'm sure there'll be another. And don't you think those colours will look handsome on a black kid? Or possibly a red-headed kid, but I imagine they're somewhat harder to find over there.) Knittah: Non-machine-washable wool is fine, right? Also, please keep poking me until I *finally* get to the post office. *sigh*

I've now used up nearly all of the orange and Noro yarn given to me by another knitter. Cleaning up leftovers is very satisfying. :)