Do not panic because this situation happens all the time. Dropping a stitch is probably the most common mistake knitting beginners encounter. It usually happens when you put your knitting down for a while or when you are merely not paying enough attention to your work. Your yarn can even work its way deep down into the fabric. You will feel frustrated when it happens, but remember that everything has a solution. The first thing you should learn is how to identify it early when it happens. Always remember that you can spot mistakes early when you pay close attention to your work. Regularly look at your fabric to identify anything that seems unusual. You can also count your stitches to make sure your stitch count matches the exact number on the pattern you are using. When you stop knitting in the middle of a row, you will most probably lose track of your direction unless you use stitch markers. Doing so is also a sure way to lose some stitches. If you want to take a break from knitting, you need to do so after finishing a row. But fixing this mistake is easier than you might think. Looking at your work, you will see that the dropped stitch is hanging out at the bottom of what may seem like a series of ladder steps. These steps are your working yarn from each row that came out of that dropped stitch. To fix it, you need to pull the lost stitch back up the step-like yarn. Follow these simple steps to recreate a stitch at each step-like thread, or each row: Use your left needle to pick up the last stitch that you see. The right side of that stitch must be in front of your needle. The step-like working yarn must be hanging out above it. Insert your left needle under the lowest step-like working yarn. Now you must have the old stitch and the working yarn from the row above your dropped stitch on your needle. Insert your right needle into your dropped stitch and pull it over the first ladder step of yarn that is on your needle. Finally, put your left needle under the next available step-like yarn and repeat steps 1 to 3 to recreate the stitch for that row. Continue to pull the stitch up each row to reform it until you get to the top. These stitches may look a little loose, but this will improve as you continue working on it.