River Valley -- HELP!

I received the pattern, chose the yarn, wound the yarn and then began the toe up version. I finished the toe and started the first row of the pattern. I have 33 sts on my needle, but no matter how many times I try to work the first row of the pattern I still come up with 3 additional sts at the end. I keep going back to the pattern and counting the sts and there are only 30 sts. Am I missing something/doing something wrong? HELP!

Barb W.