Helen’s Closet – Blackwood Cardigan

The Blackwood Cardigan is a new favorite of mine! It features sizing from 0-30, two cup sizes, two views and tons of hacks on their blog. I saw the split seam hack and I HAD to copy it. I basically copied the instructions and added 12″ to the bottom cut line, skipped the bottom band (naturally, since you can’t have a band with a split hem! ) and added a little over 7″ to the front band. You don’t add the same amount as the front/back since you are omitting the bottom band.

I sewed this up in Baby Waffle Knit from Mily Mae Fabrics and since waffle doesn’t have the best recovery, I sewed in some 1/4″ clear elastic to my shoulder seams to help prevent them from stretching out while wearing. I also sewed most of my side seam with my serger and then stopped about 1-2″ from where my split would start and sewed the rest of the way on my sewing machine. My coverstitch was playing nicely and I was able to sew up one side to hem, pivot and go down the other side (sometimes my machine gets finicky when I try to turn and pivot, but not this time!).