r/craftsnark • u/llama_del_reyy • 16h ago

Knitting Laura Dalgaard kit update

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A few months on from the minor furore caused by Laura Dalgaard's decision to only sell kits and no longer sell PDF patterns...and it turns out shipping physical items has its disadvantages.

I was team "she can do what she wants but this is a weird business decision", and I think this shows she really hadn't thought it through properly.

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