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Craft News 7th October – Cricut Moves Beyond Cutting, Craft Courses Under Threat and Why Making Skills Still Matter

Every fortnight I take a wander around the wider craft world to see what has been happening beyond whichever particular materials happen to be covering my desk.

This time, two stories at opposite ends of the craft spectrum particularly caught my attention. One is about a major craft brand moving into an entirely new kind of machine; the other is about the possible disappearance of three places where people learn specialist making skills professionally.

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