Fishtrap progress

Alas, my husband will not be able to wear his Fishtrap cardigan on Christmas day unless the knitting gnomes come in the night and work up a couple of sleeves for me. I think I'm about seven inches from the top:



This has been a slow knit, thanks to all those traveling stitches, but I do like the way it's coming out. Slipping the stitches off the left needle to change their positions is creating a smoother traveling line than knitting them out of order on the needle. Here's a closer look at the pattern:

I just bought a 26" two-way zipper, which I hope will be long enough. The next size up was 30", which seemed very long, but I understand there are places online where one can order them in custom lengths. Does anyone have recommendations in case I need a 27 or 28" zipper?

Hopefully the sleeves will go relatively fast, since they only carry a single fishtrap motif and the rest of the rounds are straight purling. I'm determined that the hubby will get some use out of his Aran this winter!