Dee, some variation in consistency (and even some stretchyness) is relatively normal during the early stages of growing a starter. Keep up with the twice a day feedings to ensure that the starter isn't fermenting too quickly, and also make sure you're measuring your flour by weight or using this technique here. If you measure your flour straight into the measuring cup, it's easy to compact it into the cup and too much gets added to the starter, making it thick and impeding the rise. Keep at it though--it sounds like you're on the right track. Kye@KAF

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