I need some pattern help. With right side facing work on rem 24 sts slip 10 sts on to a stitch holder rejoin yarn to rem 14 sts knit to end . The next row is purl.
Work 4 rows dec 1 st at neck edge in every row (12sts) work 4 rows dec 1 st at neck edge in next in next and foll alt row 10 sts
Work 9 rows dec 1 st at neck edge in next and every foll 4 th row 7 sts
Where do I use the stitches on stitch holder?:knitting:
Having not read the full pattern, and not knowing a) if it’s for a child or an adult and, b) if it’s a cardi or pullover, or c) where you are in the pattern on it’s kind of hard to say.
If I had to guess, I’d say those 10 sts on the holder could be either an armhole/part of an armhole or part of the neckline, depending on some of the things above.
Do you have a picture or pattern you can link to? That will really help out when the experts chime in. 
At some point later in the pattern, it should tell you when you use them. Do you have a link to the pattern? What piece are you making?
Keep reading to the end. . .those 10 stitches have to be used somewhere!:think:
Sounds like part of the neck on a sweater front. Check under the collar or neckband instructions near the end of the pattern or under Finishing.
It may be a mistake in copying but the stitches don’t add up for the decreases as written: "With right side facing work on rem 24 sts slip 10 sts on to a stitch holder rejoin yarn to [I]rem 14 sts [/I]knit to end . The next row is purl. [I]Work 4 rows dec 1 st at neck edge in every row (12sts)[/I]"
If you have 14sts and dec one st in every row over the next 4 rows, you should end with 10sts not 12. Maybe it’s dec at neck edge on the RS rows only (that is, every other row)?
Cont without shaping until armhole measures 43/4 in then cast off is the last paragraph that I did not include I don’t know about those 10 stitches
Forget me knot pattern and thank you the 10 stitches is for neck band
So glad your 10 sts have found their home!:woot: