A bodkin is a tool used to grasp and hold material to thread it through a casing much like we use a needle to put thread through fabric.  There are a few different types of bodkins but the one I'm showing you today is a like a pair of tweezers with a slide long to hold them closed.  Have you ever used a safety pin to pull elastic through a waistband?  Well a bodkin does the job 1000 times better and easier.  Safety pins pop open so easily and are practically impossible to close again properly when they are in the middle of a waistband.  Bodkins rarely pop open and if they do, you can usually attach the elastic again with out pulling it out.

• To use the bodkin, slide the locking ring toward the closed end to allow the pincers to open.
• Hold the piece of elastic between the pincers and slide the locking ring back toward the elastic.
• Tug on the elastic to make sure it is held securely.  Thread it through the casing and work it through to the other end.

2 pieces per card.