DIY: Hemming Sweater Sleeves

I bought this pretty cardigan on clearance from Summersalt last year and I just didn’t love the sleeves.

I tried wearing it a few times to see if I’d get over it. However, the fact that the body of the sweater was a super lightweight and soft cashmere and the light blue portion of the sleeves were a thick, ribbed cotton finally broke me.

And I decided to chop them off.

Initially I was going to cut off ALL the light blue, but then I realized that there were no elastic cuffs on the cashmere portion, so after wearing it a bit the new cuffs would most likely get all loose and baggy. With that in mind, I decided to leave a little bit of the light blue cuff.

I eyeballed my new hem and pinned it into place.

Then, I just hand-sewed around once. It went super quickly!

I trimmed the excess and that was it! Here is the new inside of the sweater:

And here is the new outside:

It took me less than an hour and I love the sweater SO MUCH MORE now!

Clothes are just clothes. If they aren’t making you happy, it’s so easy to make these little changes until they better meet your needs!