Have you knit many projects where you hold two yarns together? Whether you’re exploring the wonderful world of marling with one of Ceceila Campochiaro’s patterns from MDK Field Guide No. 19: Marls or have jumped on the “put a strand of mohair with it” train, you may have noticed it’s relatively easy to miss out one or other of the yarns you’re knitting with while making a stitch.

Now, is this the biggest deal in the world? No. Because you’ve been knitting with two yarns, you are not in danger of the stitch unraveling all the way down the column of knitting. If you don’t feel like fixing it, you can take a deep breath and be confident that no one but you will know.

BUT, fixing it is ever so easy … and a missed loop can be rather annoying. Depending on the weights of the yarns you’re knitting with, you’ll have a small spot where the finished knit fabric is noticeably thinner and, potentially, an extra loop of yarn hanging out the right side of your work. So grab your crochet hook, settle in, and let Jen show you how it’s done. (If you’re reading this on our email service, you can view the Picking up a dropped loop tutorial on YouTube.)

The method is, of course, the same if you’ve dropped a stitch working with a single strand of yarn … you’ll just want to make extra sure to secure your dropped stitch with something like a locking stitch marker as soon as you spot it as it will continue to drop! Hopefully you don’t find yourself in the position of needing this tutorial anytime soon. But, if you do drop a stitch, you can take comfort in the fact that fixing it is easy … and you know just how to do it! Happy fixing!