g. Pick up a dropped stitch
It is easiest to pick up a dropped stitch by using a crochet hook. In this case, the dropped stitch was a knitted stitch (not a purled stitch). For a purled stitch, the crochet hook would be inserted from the back of the loop instead of through the front.
 This photo shows the dropped stitch. Notice that right in the middle of the picture is a loop that has lost the yarn that is supposed to go through it. The yarn that has pulled out of this loop is lying behind the loop itself. |
 If picking up a knitted stitch, insert the crochet hook through the front of the loop. If picking up a purled stitch, insert the hook through the loop from the back. |
 Catch the dropped stitch with the crochet hook. |
 Pull the dropped stitch through the loop with the crochet hook. You might need to twist the hook so that it will more easily pass through the first loop. |
 The dropped stitch has now been pulled through the loop forming a new loop. In this picture, the crochet hook has been thrust through the newly formed loop so that it won't be dropped again by accident. |
 Finally, transfer the new loop (that is, the formerly dropped stitch) from the crochet hook to the knitting needle. In this photo, it was transferred to the right needle, but it should have been transferred to the left one instead. |
