help with handles, please

[palepinkpeonies]

I'm working on a self-fastening purse...very cute...here's where I am...I have 24 stitches on needle. Slip first 5 and last 5 on holders, (these 10 stitches are both sides of handle)bind off the center 14. The working yarn is on the first stitch of the first 5...do I join new yarn to bind off? Also, do I join new yarn to work one side of the handle? thanks!

[Ingrid]

I'd work those 5, put them on the holder, bind off the center with the yarn, and work to the end. Then you can use your yarn on the one side of the handle, and when you're done, use it for th