I really do LOVE my bread sling and highly recommend getting one if you plan to bake loaves regularly. You can see it pictured in the photo above. I always use it to lower my dough into the Dutch oven. The sling is re-useable which I love and it allows me to gently lower my dough into the Dutch oven so that I don’t lose any of the precious gas bubbles! If you are not using a Dutch oven, you probably don’t need one.  My sling is this one here, which you can buy on Amazon.