How to Pick Up a Dropped Knit Stitch

Once you've located the dropped stitch, continue your current row until you've reached the place where the dropped stitch should be in your current row.

Pick up the dropped stitch with the needle in your non-dominant hand.

Make sure the leg of yarn that's on the right side of your stitch (sometimes called the heading leg) does on the back side of your needle; the other leg of your stitch should be on the side of your needle closest to you.

Note: Be careful to not pull too hard on your dropped stitch, otherwise you could mess up the gauge of your project.

Insert your working needle knitwise into the dropped stitch.

Look for the "ladders" of yarn above your dropped stitch.

Using your working needle, pick up the bottom ladder of yarn and use that to knit through your dropped stitch.

Pass this new stitch back to your non-dominant hand needle.

Repeat steps 3-6 until you've fixed your dropped column of stitches up to your current row!

Once you've located the dropped stitch, continue your current row until you've reached the place where the dropped stitch should be in your current row.

Lay your dropped stitch out flat so there's a small opening at the bottom of the stitch. This will prevent your stitch from getting twisted.

Insert your crochet hook into the dropped stitch.

With the crochet hook, pick up the first "ladder" of yarn above your dropped stitch.

Hook the loop and pull it up and through the dropped stitch.

Repeat steps 3-6 until you've brought the stitch all the way up your ladders. Place the stitch on your non-dominant needle and continue knitting through your pattern!