I have a pattern for a small bag that has an i-cord strap threaded through eyelet near the top of the bag.
That part of the pattern reads like this:
Rnd1: *K2 YO twice, P3tog, P1, P3tog, YO twice, K1; rep from * around
Rnd2: *K2, P7, K1, around.
I tried it and had to rip out those two rows. I’ve gotten the stitches back on the needles and have worked Rnd1 again, and am ready to work Rnd 2.
What I think happened the first time around is that when I got to the purls on Rnd 2, I hit that YO twice part, and basically, instead of having 2 stitches to knit, the second YO pulled off the needle with the first purl (of the 7), and, while that certainly make a nice hole for the eyelet, it left me a stitch short. Somehow in trying to repair that, or figure out how to get the second stitch purled, I apparently picked up part of what was supposed to be the eyelet hole, and ended up closing up part of it…so I had weird stitches, huge holes, and then no hole where one was supposed to be.
Is there a trick to purling into two YO stitches??? I’m going to give it a try in a little bit, but I really don’t want to have to pull it out again (though I was at least smart enough to put in a lifeline this time around! :))
I don’t know if that makes any sense, but I’d appreciate any help anyone could offer.
One thing you can try is to let the second stitch slide off and work both stitches into the one strand–knit in the front and back of it, or purl into the front and back of it.
If you want to purl each of them as the directions say, just make sure you watch your stitches carefully as you work them. It [I]is[/I] easy to let the second one slide off thinking that it’s part of the same stitch.
I haven’t tried what Ingrid said,
One thing you can try is to let the second stitch slide off and work both stitches into the one strand–knit in the front and back of it, or purl into the front and back of it.
But we were just talking about this the other day.
I don’t know if it always falls where you will be purling both of the loops or if sometimes you knit them, or what, but whatever you need to do to them working the first one in front and the second in back works.
If the second loop slides off the needle, put it back on. Just take it carefully when you go to knit into the dbl YO and you’ll get it.
Thanks for all your help. I did manage to get through it before reading about going through the back loop, but might got back and do a practice swatch.
What finally happened, was I went slowly and carefully to keep from letting the second yarnover fall off the left needle. So, I got my system going, and got through the row.
I finished the last few rows of the project, was thrilled to bind off and be finished. Then, I looked at the inside of the bag where the eyelets were…and every single eyelet had a dropped stitch!!!
So, in spite of my apparent success, I still did something wrong. And I cheated on the fix. 
I simply took some of the yarn, and sewed through all the dropped stitches to secure them!
In the end, you can’t tell from the outside. But what a weird thing!!
I simply took some of the yarn, and sewed through all the dropped stitches to secure them!