Making Lemonade

You know that saying, about when life gives you lemons, make lemonade? I had a plan to knit a gift for a 2 year old and decided upon the Rainbow Bear found in Family Circle's Easy Toys to Knit and Crochet. (The Lemon). The pictures in the book look cute and fun and the directions 'looked' adequate. I bought 9 colors of Plymouth's Dreambaby Yarn to make the Rainbow Bear. I completed all the parts by the day before the birthday party. I was sitting at the table sewing all the parts together and then stuffing them, when I realized "Why on earth was I doing this for a 2 year old?" That thought became more prominent when I realized that stuffing this thing was not creating even a remotely cute bear. It was looking like an alien with out of proportion legs/arms to body and then a huge head which was never going to fit on the body and look right. I should add that the whole time I knitted the parts, I realized that the pattern seemed to be full of errors and was poorly written. I had to figure things out on my own to complete the parts. At that moment, I gave up and threw away all the parts. Yes, threw it all away..........in the trash can. I then went to the local toy store and for reasonable money, bought an age appropriate gift for the little one and even got free gift wrapping. No stress! Note to self............remember that toy store routine for the future! However, I did save all the yarn. I just completed a crocheted baby afghan for a yet to be born baby - a good 4 months ahead of time! (the lemonade). I was determined to use every last scrap of yarn so I then went on to knit a silly little knit spiral rib hat.
I just found out the baby is a boy and I hope the colors will be ok. I think they will be.........well they will have to be. I know the baby's mother is not set on boy/girl separate colors and loves things in primary colors, so this afghan is more along those lines.