  We analyse the structure of the perturbative series expansion of Chern-Simons
gauge theory in the light-cone gauge. After introducing a regularization
prescription that entails the consideration of framed knots, we present the
general form of the vacuum expectation value of a Wilson loop. The resulting
expression turns out to give the same framing dependence as the one obtained
using non-perturbative methods and perturbative methods in covariant gauges. It
also contains the Kontsevich integral for Vassiliev invariants of framed knots.
