Imagine you just completed a pretty complicated stitch pattern and you're called into the doctor's office or your plane is ready to board... you rush to shove your project into your bag to get up and go. The next time you pull it out to work on it, you notice that quite a bit of the row was pulled out! ARGH!!!

Here's a quick way to prevent that from happening.

Pull the loop of your last stitch so it's about 6–7" long. Holding your long loop and the yarn tail together, make a slip knot.

When you go to crochet again, pull the short piece of the knot to untie it, then shrink your loop by pulling your yarn tail. Crochet away!