First Finish of 2026

 

There is one less thing in the WIP knitting pile but there is a problem. It fits, kind of. The circumference is perfect but the length is not. I bought this pattern from Knit Picks because it supposedly uses one ball of chunky Brava but it turns out that it is not enough for the length I like. As you can see, I didn't have enough left over to do much more than a few more rows and this is a problem because...

....I have all these single skeins that I bought to make more hats to match my winter sweaters. I could order another skein of each I suppose but that's not feeling right because...

....I just got this giant box of yarn from Knit Picks. Daughter sent me a gift certificate for Christmas so I spent it on this and that. There is some Felici and some Static, none of which is terribly interesting and the yarn for a kit to make a hat and scarf set. 

This one to be exact, only mine will be in gray and black instead of the pink which I really like now that I look at it. 2026 is off to a heck of a start. Too many decisions.

In Betty news, she's been growing. A lot. Every day. It's been exciting to see her come alive but now I have to figure out what comes next. I haven't thought that far ahead because I honestly doubted I'd get this far so soon. 

I did read where I need about 100 grams of starter to make a loaf so I panicked and instead of discarding half, yesterday I kept 80 grams of it and started another jar. This is Big Betty because she is in a much larger jar. Little Betty is only about 50 grams and doesn't have much more room to grow. Big Betty has plenty of room to spread out and lives in the microwave and seems very happy there in spite of the cooler temperatures.

I've been feeling so confident that I bought a couple of bannetons for proofing. If I can keep the Bettys alive until Wednesday I just might have enough to start my first loaf. How scary is that?