I fully intended to go through this entire game without EVER learning to craft. I highly resent the need to go back and start from the beginning and waste time on something that is supposed to be a side thing. Are we going to be forced to garden too, to justify your need to keep up with facebook's farmville?? Yes, that is another side thing I have no desire to experience. Leave those things for people who like to waste time with silly things like crafting and gardening. Do NOT make it something that the rest of us are forced to do in order to progress in the game!
The quest for that training point is optional. Gardening is optional. You don't HAVE to craft or garden to play the game.
If you REALLY need that one training point then do the crafting quests that will allow you to make that tea set. If you don't need the training point, then don't do the quest.
Wow, I have never met anyone who has needed a training point at that level enough to complain. Most of us have left over training points by the time we get there...