Mr. Astor - I never realized about the pins in the ribbon - I'm tempted to go down and take the pins out of all my ribbons - thanks for the hint.
Not a bad idea. I have a couple rolls of vintage ribbon that had pins in them that had rusted, which consequently left "rusty" spots in the ribbon. Quite disappointing to say the least. I removed the pins but did not toss the ribbon. Has anyone had the same problem and figured out how to remove the spots?
Thanks!