A Link for Smocking

I find humor in the face that I am putting a link for smocking...a link can be considered a link or thread in smocking....Well it was funny in my head :-)

I have learned that smocking is a bit of a lost artform. What is out there is not very useful for mascaline smocked landsknecht shirts. I can't just show Lukas a picture of a smocked item for the design, as all he sees is this cute little girl's dress with pink smocking. Nor can I have him choose a pattern without seeing it...his mind doesnt work that way....Maybe one day I will work on a smocking for historical/sca refrences handout....

Till then I recomend joing the SCA group Smockers_Anonymous . The owner/moderator is one of the Best SCA smockers there are. If you get a chance take her class at Gulf Wars. That is where I learned the wonderful world of smocking.

If you would like a good refrence online for some of the diffrent stitches, try http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/3351/smkstch.html#list It is a good source for the basics.

Enjoy