This looks pretty similar to the recipe I used but the cornmeal is new. Great idea, thanks!

I'll give this a try! Thank you!

This is all very helpful advice, thank you! And yes, I should have slashed the top. The recipe I was following didn't include that in the instructions so I didnt do it and in the end it didn't rise as much as I was expecting.

When you say to add butter or oil to the flour, do you mean in the dough or in the flour used when shaping the loaf before baking?

Oh wow - been thinking of trying focaccia, this recipe looks really doable!

I have found it so difficult to crochet with hooks that small. This is amazing and really impressive!

Brian Adams - Summer of '69

Actual lyrics to start the song: I got my first real six-string, bought it at the five and dime

What I always hear, sung so proudly and nostalgically: I got my first real sex dream down at the five and dime

Thanks! It's alternating single crochet and chain stitch, working single crochets into the chain stitches of the previous row.

I tried Tunisian crochet a few years ago and haven't picked it back up - this is encouraging me to do so! Lovely work

She's beautiful!! Great color

I don't know enough about beading! But I really like the idea of adding beads to these and I bet it wouldn't be too hard. Maybe that's what I'll try next year!

This ring is 4 inches. I've been trying to find smaller ones but my local craft stores don't carry any.

Thanks for passing that along! I'll definitely pull from that next year. And I would definitely recommend starch!

This snowflake is a modified version of this pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/903188791/lorewoven-snowflakes-crochet-pattern-3

I really like her patterns in general. I've also found many textured or 3D snowflake diagrams on Pinterest. Those are often a bit harder to interpret and you may have to take some creative liberty with them.