dill

# extrapolating into the future with B-splines
#  based on code in ?smooth.construct.bs.smooth.spec

library(mgcv)

# annual diameter of women’s skirts at the hem 1866 to 1911
# Hipel and McLeod, 1994
skirts <- scan("http://robjhyndman.com/tsdldata/roberts/skirts.dat",skip=5)
skirtseries <- data.frame(year=1866:1911, diam=skirts)