I am knitting a baby sweater.
The pattern for the back is below. My question is it seems that for the shoulder shaping I am putting stitches on a stitch holder and then immediately removing them and knitting on them. Why would you do this? Isn’t a stitch holder used for holding stitches to be worked on at a later time?
Back
Cast on (42) 52 stitches
Work in seed stitch for 1 inch (2.54 centimeters)
Work in Stockinette stitch for 10 inches (25.4 centimeters)
Shoulder shaping…
Cast off (5) 10 stitches at the beginning of the next two rows
Place 32 stitches on the stitch holder for collar.
Transfer stitches from stitch holder onto needles
Work in seed stitch for 4 inches (10.16 centimeters)
Cast off loosely