Now I Know My ABCs

I'm a reader. Not only a reader but a voracious reader. I'm always reading at least one book. In third grade, I was already at college level in reading. I would walk home from middle school, through the streets of Manhattan, reading and narrowly avoiding walking into parking meters. When I saw the Amazon Kindle I had to have one if only to stop the steady stream of books coming into our NYC sized apartment. That's what I told Glenn to justify the cost anyway. I have twenty six boxes of books down in my basement some of which I have held onto for years just in case I wanted to reread them. I've read two books this week alone.
This being said WHY DID I MISREAD THE PATTERN FOR MY SISTER'S SWEATER??? The pattern says it's supposed to be between fourteen and sixteen inches and I thought it said twenty. Maybe it's the numbers. I was never good in math.