Silver's sock pattern question about beginning heel

#1

silver says the following:

"On your next needle, (working yarn coming from last stitch of last needle), you need 32 24 20 stitches. This is needle #1.

*KEEP the working yarn before the first stitch on needle #1.

On your the other two needles, you need 16 12 10 stitches. These are needles #2 and #3."

do i want the 20 stitches on the needle with the working yarn? or do i want 20 stitches on the needle just after the working yarn? im a little confused.

#2

p.s. someday im going to be helping people here, i just feel it. im gonna get this knitting thing. i’ve never worked so hard on anything other than nursing.

#3

This one. Keep the working yarn just before needle #1 (with 20 stitches). You’ll be working solely on needle #1 for awhile.