slip the stitch marker?

[Stitch]

when patterns say slip the stitch marker...do they really mean SLIP?

if i just slip it, it gets kinda tangles with my working yarn and the first stitch of the next round. i actually unclasp it, knit two stitches and then put it back on in the right place.

am i doing somethign wrong?

[kemp]

You're fine...all it wants you to do is keep it in the right place. It might be easier for you though if you had a different kind of stitch marker where you could just slip it from the left needle to the right needle.

[brendajos]

all you have to do is just pop it from one needle to the other....shouldn't get tangled with the yarn at all (unless you do what i do and accidentally knit it in sometimes I always just stick my needle into it purlwise and pop it over.