Have you noticed that knitters have a different concept of time? We are typically more patient when waiting for appointments or while traveling from place to place, (as long as we have our knitting with us).
Almost always, the first question from a non knitter is, how long did it take? I think that the longer one knits the less we consider the time component involved in every project. The only exception is when the project has a defined time line like a date for gifting or a publication deadline. Then we go into total denial about how long it will take to knit a given item.
However the paradox I've just discovered in my theory of a knitters concept of time, turned up when I started an updated list of my stash and suddenly I'm feeling so much yarn...so little time.