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The 33 is currently my favorite conception of knot-stitch code. I like that each letter is short in this version, and I don't think that 3 contrasting stitches is too many to tell apart. I also think that 33 fits nicely into Kencyr culture.

In this conception of it, knot-stitch code has 3 contrasting stitches. I will refer to these stitches as: I imagine 1 to be the least obtrusive stitch, the flattest one, and 3 the most obtrusive, the bumpiest one.
 * 1) 1 ( ○︎ )
 * 2) 2 ( ◎ )
 * 3) 3 ( ● )

Each letter consists of 3 stitches, arranged in a triangular shape. There are 3 positions within a letter, and I'm calling them ① and ② and ③ as well, for lack of a better name. I only hope circling them helps clarity things.

A letter is read by placing your finger on the vertical flat side ( ① ③ ) and dragging it across to the point ( ② ).

In written language, people usually write in line. For example, in this explanation, you read to the end of the line, then you go down to the next line, and begin on the other end. However, in a tactile system, I think it would be very hard to find the beginning of the next line like that. So knot-stitch code is written boustrophedonically. In the alternate lines, the letters are shaped like this:

Letters
In order to answer the question "What letters does a Kens alphabet need?" you must first ask the question, "What sounds does Kens have?"

I analyzed Kens words, and I came up with a few possible lists. I then chose the shortest one for this project, because it makes it easier.

For the sake of this system, Kens has two nasals /m, n/ and three plosives (which don't disgusting voicing) /p⁓b, t⁓d, k⁓g/ and five fricatives /f, θ, s, ʃ, h/ and one affricate /d͡ʒ/ and four approximates /l, ɹ, j, w/ and six distinguished vowels. And from that basis, I propose these Kens letters: