At the risk of incurring the wrath of the moderators by going a little off subject, I'd like to introduce an activity that the forum ladies may be more familiar with, that of smocking. When I was growing up in the 1950s one of my aunts used to augment the family income by doing smocking at home. All I remember of it is that it was a kind of needlework that had its origins, not in the usual way by being a means of enhancing the clothing of the wealthy, but from the clothes, or smocks, of the working classes, hence the name. I have no idea whether or not it is still practiced, maybe someone could enlighten me.