Husband asked if I could turn Grey Not Gray into a zippered cardigan.

And I said yes.

13 October, 2011:

Am finally getting to work on this. Must get crack-a-lackin’, as the autumnal shift is upon us what with all its transitional winds and rainysleepy goodness.

Must buy a zipper.

Have ripped back the rolled neck down to where I think a crew would be bound off. I think…
And I will bind off with EZ’s sewn cast off, because it will give added stability to the cardie.

1:21am, Friday, November 18, 2011:

It has been steeked.

Sunday, 27 November. Same year. For once:

3 stitch applied i-cord made possible by--

This awesome and easy to follow youtube clip!

An Ott light!

And a fantastic podiobook!

28 November 2011:

Come on, zipper! Zipperstop is sending a custom brass zipper in the length I need. All our local fabric stores only carry Coats zippers, mostly invisible or plastic, and no separating zippers in the length I need. What gives?

It is finished…

Some tasks are meant only for the wee hours, and I find that putting in a zipper is one of them. I worked on it until 6am---it took me about 5 hours to do the whole thing. Many tiny stitches. Many, many tiny stitches. But it is done.

It’s not been reblocked in the photo yet, so there is a little bit of wumpusness with the zipper. Some of that is due to the slubby nature of the yarn, and therefore a variation in the icord.

Husband loves it.