Talk about time consuming!

I am at a slow-point in my design process of a baby blanket to go along with my JoJo the Giraffe pattern. I have never made a blanket before, and never worked with intarsia before, both of which seem to be time-consuming compared to my past history with scarves, baby clothes, dishcloths, and amis! I think I need to be more patient. I'm almost exactly half-way done, and the pattern is turning out very nice... I should find encouragement in that! Ok, back to it.....