AlphaKIT Planning Thread

Letters for 2021

Yearlong: X and Z thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/327092
January..............P M - thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/327171
February............T K - https://www.librarything.com/topic/328724
March.................U R - https://www.librarything.com/topic/329750
April....................A W - https://www.librarything.com/topic/330563
May.....................I N - https://www.librarything.com/topic/331419
June....................C D - https://www.librarything.com/topic/332190
July......................S O - https://www.librarything.com/topic/332941
August................V J - https://www.librarything.com/topic/333649
September.........F L - https://www.librarything.com/topic/334401
October..............H E - https://www.librarything.com/topic/335209
November.........B Y - https://www.librarything.com/topic/335999
December..........G Q - https://www.librarything.com/topic/336716

wiki: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2021_AlphaKIT#2021_AlphaKIT

Link is up on the main group page :)

Thanks, RP!

Here are our letters!

January..............P M
February............T K
March.................U R
April....................A W
May.....................I N
June....................C D
July......................S O
August................V J
September.........F L
October..............H E
November.........B Y
December..........G Q

Yeah! Now I can set my reading up! Thank you..... :) (oooo....xxxx)

I will upload the images of letters I've already done. And get working on the rest in order of priority!

Thanks Cheli and Helen!

Thanks.

Thanks! Of course my brain is working on the letter combinations again:
PM=Noon til midnight (post meridian)
AW=A & W rootbeer
IN=Indiana
CD=compact disc
VJ=Victory in Japan day
FL=Florida
HE=helium
GQ=Gentleman's Quarterly
etc etc

wiki is set up: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2021_AlphaKIT#2021_AlphaKIT

CD certificate of deposit
GQ, saw Gentlemen's Quarterly when I saw that combo.

SO standing order in addition to those mentioned in >9 LadyoftheLodge: and >11 Kristelh:

My initials are VJ

>9 LadyoftheLodge: I thought of that, too! Wish I'd done more with it this year, as they almost all worked for something.

also PM = private message (i.e. social media?)

>12 sallylou61: I was thinking of significant other for SO

Aslo RU is the country code for Russia

So glad the letter combos are a hit!
I saw TK as a Technical Knockout!
CD are my initials, BY for so long.

I'll be interested in seeing if anyone uses the letters that way!

SO were my initials before getting married, so I chuckled at that one.

Sorry for the delay, took a little while to get the technology all talking to each other. I have uploaded the letters in bold to my member gallery, let me know if you can't access them.
http://www.librarything.com/gallery/member/Helenliz

Yearlong: X and Z
January..............P M
February............T K
March.................U R
April....................A W
May.....................I N
June....................C D
July......................S O
August................V J
September.........F L
October..............H E
November.........B Y
December..........G Q

So that's the first 6 months done and I aim to deliver this long before June, so the remainder should all follow in due course.

15Dec added O
19Dec added F
21Dec added L
29Dec added E&G
01Jan added Q

I can see them all. Thanks Helen!

And they are beautiful!

>21 clue: thank you! I will post a finished picture when I do finally complete all the squares.

>19 Helenliz: - Those are great! I used to do a lot of counted cross stitch but have given it up as my eyes got worse and my mistakes more frequent. How big are the squares?

>23 dudes22: They are 90 threads across, although I'm stitching over 2 each time, so I get 44 to 45 stitches across each side. They measure almost 5 inches square. These stitches are quite large! But that makes it perfect for TV stitching.

And what will you do with them? Sampler? Bookmarks?

>25 dudes22: its an afghan, so they are one piece of fabric. Its for a baby blanket. Picture when I've finished. >:-)

The x and z yearlong thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/327092

>26 Helenliz: - Nice!

I really like our letters for 2021, very nice!

They are quite pretty and cozy.

>19 Helenliz: love your work!

January thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/327171

Everyone's eager to get to the new year.

>19 Helenliz: Oh, they are pretty, Helen. Thank you for the work you've put into them.

>19 Helenliz: I've been admiring your letters, Helen, they are lovely.

>19 Helenliz:, >30 LittleTaiko:, >31 fuzzi:, >33 Robertgreaves:, >34 DeltaQueen50: Thank you one and all. *blushes*

Just a note - I'm not sure who did the links from the group's home page, but the link to the wiki is not going to the wiki. It's simply reloading the group page. I'm not sure who was updating that. Thanks!

>36 LibraryCin: Darn it! I'll check the HTML again. The trouble with the group home page is that the text box for editing is tiny, so I can't always tell when something's worked.

edit to say that this has been fixed.

>37 rabbitprincess: Thanks RP! You're awesome.

>37 rabbitprincess: Turns out there was no URL in the HTML tag! No wonder the link wasn't going anywhere :D

>37 rabbitprincess: Thank you!
>39 rabbitprincess: LOL!

would you be so kind as to explain the letters and the general rules, for those who are new.

>41 genealogy_nana: Welcome! There are two letters for every month. And x and Z are to use all year long. You can use the letters any way you like. Some folks stick with Author initials, some first letter in a title, others any word in the title that fits the letters. It is open to you to use the letters however you like!

February thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/328725

Finally finished all the letters and uploaded images to my gallery.
The finished article (although I still needed to fray the edges at this point).



It's an alphabet of concepts as follows (some of them get a bit tenuous!)
A - Alphabet
B - Blue Blocks
C - Charcoal Chequers
D - Diamonds
E - Earth Tones
F - Flowers (in a style of mille fleur)
G - Green
H - Horizontal Lines
I - Inclined lines
J - Jigsaw pieces
K - celtic Knot
L - Links & Loops
M - Maze (although technically it's a labyrinth)
N - Numbers
O - Octagons
P - Pinks & Purples
Q - Quadrangles
R - Red
S - Spirals
T - Triangles
U - Undulating lines
V - Vertical lines
W - Woven
X - eXpanding
Y - Yellow (and orange)
Z - ZigZags.

>44 Helenliz: Wow, that looks amazing!

That is fabulous!

>44 Helenliz: You do beautiful work!

Oh lovely!

What a treasure it is!

Thank you all. It keeps my hands busy while watching TV, so serves a purpose. >:-)

It looks stunning and I love how much thought you have put into the design!

Love it!

>51 MissBrangwen: I've done a couple now, so it has evolved to the current state. It started out with I for "invisible" and just a pattern in white! And each one turns out different, just based on colour choice and mood.
>52 Kristelh: thanks.

Besides being fabulous, I'm curious - what size does it end up being? What count linen are you using? I see up above that you told me the size of the squares and the # of threads your using. So is my math right that it's about 18 count? You should publish this pattern. I think a lot of people would like it.

Beautiful!!

>54 dudes22: it ends up as 28 x 44 inches (including fringing).
Each square is 5 inches, and the threads are 18 count, but I have been sewing over 2 each time, so an effective 9 count.

>44 Helenliz: Beautiful--thank you for sharing!

March thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/329750

>58 majkia: noted, thanks!

April Thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/330563

May (!) AlphaKIT is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/331419

Thank you for your faithfulness!

June AlphaKIT is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/332190

July thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/332941

>64 majkia: thank you!

August is up a bit early as we'll be traveling the next few days.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/333649

September thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/334401

Thank you!

October thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/335209

November thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/335999

So 2022 letters have been chosen. See the list here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/336242

>71 majkia: yippee! Another year of AlphaKIT!

December thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/336716

Thanks for all the AlphaKIT participation. See you next year!

Thank you for all your work each year organising this, Jean. Here's to another round next year.

>74 Robertgreaves: hear, hear!

or is it here, here?

>73 majkia: thanks for all you do. AlpkaKIT is my favorite challenge!

2022 threads are up:

January thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337453

Yearlong X and Z thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337452

>76 majkia: thank you SO MUCH for all you do.

AlphaKIT is my favorite challenge!

>76 majkia: wouldn't know how to pick my next read without the ALPHAKIT!

>77 fuzzi: >78 cyderry: Thanks! You are both most welcome.