Woo Pig!

I am by no means an Arkansas Razorback fan. Yes, I've lived here practically my entire life, but my family wasn't into college football until I "discovered" it my senior year of high school. I was pretty hard headed back then (more so than I am now) and picked "my team" based on very few facts...I didn't want to be a Hogs fan (because everyone else was. I wanted to be different!), LSU sucks (per the advice of a classmate and my mom's boss's son), and who honestly wears Tennessee orange (ok and this girl I didn't like was a Tennessee fan...).

That year, the University of Alabama was doing really well...so that's the team I picked and have stuck with ever since. I have rooted on quarterbacks, running backs, corner backs and watched them be drafted into the NFL.

So, when I got a request from a friend to make a Razorback hat and blanket as a baby shower gift, to say I was lost would have been a HUGE understatement. I don't spend much time looking at Arkansas's mascot, so I barely even knew what this hat should look like, much less how to make it. Luckily, after many Google and Etsy searches, I was able to come up with and idea that I thought would work.

Using Sarah's newborn Owl Hat pattern I made a basic ear flap hat in Red Heart Super Saver's "Cherry Red." The rest of the hat I pieced together from other pig hats I found online; pieces I couldn't find, I just made up myself.

For not being a Hog's fan, I think it turned out pretty great. What do you think?