Sorcha/Alice

The craze is still around, but with the numerous "craft shops" now people buy the patterns - at extravagent prices, then buy all the parts - also at outrageous prices but preshaped and often mostly assembled so they can get things just right, then assemble them according to detailed instructions written by a former Reichsmarshal who accepts NO ERRORS...


And then they feel creative.


Not too much different than "back then" but really not too "necessary" if you've got a brain (with some functional parts) and two reasonably good hands. A pocket knife sometimes helps, and of course an idea.

John