Confused by crochet pattern

[Shugufta]

Please can someone help. I'm making a crochet bunny and working on a ring. The following instructions are confusing me:

R3>*inc,dc into next stitch*repeat from *to*. 18 stitches

R4>*inc,dc into next 2 stitches* repeat *to* 24 stitches

R5>*inc,dc into next 3 stitches* repeat *to* 30 stitches

R6>*inc,dc into next 4 stitches* repeat *to* 36 stitches

[Granny Square]

Welcome to the 'ville!

You appear to be making a flat circle (which is how the first few rounds bunny's head might start, for example, before becoming a sphere). I'm guessing you started with 6 dc in a ring, and rnd 3 was 2 dc in each stitch for a total of 12.

The 'recipe' for a flat circle in UK dc is start with 6 stitches and increase by 6 each round.  The numbers at the end of the round is the total # of stitches you should have at the end of the round, so you can double check to make sure all is well.  I'm going to copy and slightly edit the pattern part above:

R3>*inc,dc into next 1 stitch*repeat from *to*. 18 stitches

R4>*inc,dc into next 2 stitches* repeat *to* 24 stitches

R5>*inc,dc into next 3 stitches* repeat *to* 30 stitches

R6>*inc,dc into next 4 stitches* repeat *to* 36 stitches

See the pattern forming?  Each round is "the same" in that you are always adding 6 stitches, except each row the increases are 1 stitch farther apart.

Edited May 27, 2020 by Granny Square