what a difference an i-cord makes

I-cord vs not, a photo by gradschoolknitter on Flickr.

secret detail shot... it's all you're getting [be]for[e] Christmas

The [thing] on the right is finished, and has some beautiful applied i-cord detail. It took an hour just for the middle one (there are 3), so you'd better be ooohing and aaaahing over it!

The [thing] on the left is still in progress and does not have any applied i-cord on it. Yet. See the valley sort of in the middle (right where it first touches thing-on-the-right)? That's where the middle applied i-cord will go.

If you know what these are, best not to shout it out in the comments, there could be recipients (or in this case recipients' mothers) lurking.