Zip-Along

I've been merrily working away on the zip-along that Melody posted about on the forum. I used Sirdar pattern 8830 & used 3 x 100g balls of Sirdar Spree. I've never inserted a zip in my life & found Chicknits Zipper Tuturial invaluable.

Here we go, all ready...

Front edges basted together with waste yarn:

Zip pinned in position, needed a bit of 'tweaking' on the right sides to get it in the correct position:

The zip is now tacked into position:

Finished! I spent about 2 hours altogether including the hand-stitching. I've since been out & bought a new machine as mine was donkeys years old & has completely died (probably due to neglect!)

And here is the happy recipient, my 3yr old. As long as her knits are pink, she's generally very happy!