Korker Barrette - Gotta Practice this one!

Korkers .. are well .. umm 'corkers' .. and fun! This is the second one for my learning this week and it was fun although not so sure I've got it right. Rainy, icky day here in O'Fallon IL so why not bake ribbons .. LOL! Dowels, check. Grosgrain ribbon, check. Clothespins .. problem .. only have plastic ones so what'll I do .. hmmm .. tape will get all icky in the oven .. rubber bands will probably melt .. ok . here we go .. let's try to staple ribbon to the dowel .. yeah, put a round stick with ribbon in a normal stapler and try to get it to work .. yeehah .. it's gonna work!



Some directions say make ribbon wet after rolling on dowel rod .. some say put starch .. some say 200 degrees . some 250 .. so here's the upshot .. 250 x 20 minutes and voila .. I have curled ribbon!

Getting it on the barrette was the challenge .. plus adding beads .. first time around .. don't laugh ;o)))))