Round 4 is an increase row.

Make sure you have 9 stitches in Round 3.

 The instructions say: Rnd 4: (2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts) 3 times - 12 sc.

Start the round with (2 single-crochet in the next stitch then 1 single-crochet in each of the next 2 stitches) This makes an increase of 1 stitch for every 3 stitches. Do the stitches between between the ( ) a total of 3 times. You should end up with 12 stitches (9 + 3 increase stitches) for the round.

Hope this helps.

Char55

hmm well i seem to be doing that right...but i'm either falling a few stitches short of the beginning row or i'm going over the beginning row marker..and i have no idea whether i'm suppose to or not?

Don't know...I'll have to try it with some scrap yarn and let you know

Char55

Well, I tried the pattern and got the same results you did. I don't know if that means we're doing it right or if it means we're both doing it wrong. :)

Sorry I couldn't help more.
Char55

well with the help of someone else i got past the 4th row..i figured what i was doing was because the first stitch you are increasing i was misplacing my marker...therefore miss counting...i eventually got past it and made out just fine...until i had to get to the orange...then it didnt turn out right...i finally stopped after the second or third row of the orange..but i had to redo a million times...and silly me is trying to make 4 of these things lol...hopefully i'll get it..i dunno..i'm thinking of emailing the owner and seeing if they can do something about it...