I too think you may be reading in something that just isn't there, but I'm not certain why you think it is important...SorryFair enough.
(I enjoy Michael's too, though I'm not a "craft" person, I like their frames and baskets)
Frames? Do you paint? I do. Prefer to buy old baskets or ones that I know the weaver. Lot's of Amish ones nearby. I have a ladder full of "fanny baskets"