IP2 currently seems to be reconsidering how long they want to make the special Arachnean Weaver recipe available and are having difficulties making up their mind.
This is the original announcement, buried in an old event post:
This is the attempt at damage control in the Puzzle Quest 3 forum, trying to make the “best compromise” appear less ridiculous:
Which led to the question, what should Gems of War players now expect, given that both statements seem to have very little in common? Thanks to this forum thread we now know a little more:
No timeline, making it impossible for players to plan. Apparently we’ve now moved from “we’ll remove it before anybody has saved up enough diamonds to craft it” to “we’ll remove it before anybody has saved up enough diamonds to craft it, we’ll just wait a little longer for the outrage to die down”.
There’s still no announcement, neither in-game nor in the Official News, that Arachnean Weaver is up for crafting. Most players don’t seem to be aware, despite IP2 claiming to “have notified all players”, so you might want to spread the word in your guild and possibly refer members to this thread.