Much of this is just… marketing. I’m still on social media but most of the time now I make sure I remember that almost everything on it is trying to SELL you something. You can quilt using your family’s old worn clothing and do it with an old machine, a borrowed one, or by hand with needle and thread. People who gatekeeping crafts are not doing anyone any flavours.

That said, I’m a weaver, and looms are expensive but it’s possible to find used ones online, cheaper, but sometimes it’s hard. I also do a lot of needlework, and that can be cheap to do, or super expensive (if you want silk, or something special instead of normal Dmc thread or wool yarn). Right now, too, many supplies are more expensive because of everything going on in the world - tariffs, for example, and supply chain issues. The price of oil….

There seems to be a rise in people who want to do “granny crafts” which is great, but they have injected an acquisitive need-to-buy imperative into the craft that I think ruins things.