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AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by Arismende 9 years ago

Hello everyone! - Inspired by my dear fellow mod kleinevos, I've decided to host my first swap now, which will be this year's international AUTUMN SWAP. You'll send me a number of bracelets, and I'll swap them with bracelets other people send me. You could end up with a bracelet from anywhere in the world!

THE THEMES of this swap:

Autumn is the season of transitions, warm colours and all their gradient shades. The sun is low and turns summer's blossom's into ripe fruits. The leaves are slowly falling off the trees. - It's harvest time; bright red orange pumpkins are waiting to be illuminated for Halloween and swarms of bats gather outside in the purple velvet nights, conspiring....


There's a number of RULES I want you all to be aware of:

1. Due date for getting my address and getting your bracelets sent in to me is october 15th (wednesday), especially if you're in the US. I live in Germany, so it will take longer for your bracelets to arrive with me if you're from the States.
I would like to have all bracelets swapped and sent out again by October 25th.

2. No chinese staircase, chevron, candy stripe, vertical wave, kumihimo or wrap bracelets please. If you want to make a tutorial bracelet, please PM me first to check if it's okay to do so - although zolino, ankara, double-double wave etc are all perfectly fine.

3. Bracelets must have about 5 inches of knotted area and at least 5 inches of braid, clasp, etc. for tying onto ones wrist. Therefore, it should measure at least 10 inches in total length. If your bracelet(s) do not meet these specifications, I will send them back to you and you will not be participating. Just because they fit your wrist does not mean they will fit others! 5 inches is the smallest wrist size I've heard of, and 9 is the largest. In order for your bracelet to fit anyone elses wrist, it must meet these specifications.
*If your bracelet is way too big, you can always tie a knot part way through the braid and cut it after, in order to be closer to your wrist size.

4. No more than 4 bracelets per person, no more than 80 strings for all bracelets together, with a minimum of 12 strings per bracelet. So, for example, you could send me two 30 string bracelets and one 20, or 4 20 string bracelets. There is no string limit size on individual bracelets, just the 80 string maximum total. - I will be counting an alpha as about 1,3 times it's base-string count. So a 20 string alpha will be swapped with a 26-28 string normal if it can't be swapped with another alpha.

5. I'll be counting the total amount of strings of the bracelets you've send in and try to swap them with other bracelets with about the same total string-count. So if you've send me a 40-string bracelet you may get two 20-string bracelets back, or a 16-string alpha and a 18- or 20-string normal.

6. Once you have finished your bracelets, send me a PM with pattern-numbers and amount of strings of the finished bracelets, and I will explain then what you need to do to get my address. Do not PM me until your bracelets are completed.

7. I will be posting individual pictures of the bracelets sent in. This is a secret-Santa type event, so the people you get your bracelet from will be a mystery. Therefore, please don't post a picture of the bracelet(s) you made. Once I have received all the bracelets I will be taking pictures and uploading them to the "Unknown" account. When you have received your bracelet please go to the corresponding photo and let use know that you got it so the person that made it can let you know :). Once the person has said that they were the one to make it the photo will be transferred to them.

8. For organisational reasons the number of participants is limited to 20. In case the number of participants is reached, I'll leave a message here for you to know.

9. Please note that I'll send out the bracelets as regular letters, NOT as registered mail, because this would be too expensive. Should it really happen that your swap envelope gets lost on its way and you don't receive my letter within 4 weeks after October 25th, please let me know - I'd then try to replace it for you.

10. You have further questions? - Just pm me or leave a message in this thread :)


HAPPY KNOTTING!

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by Orlica 9 years ago

I'm in, again! :)

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by Arismende 9 years ago

nice!

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by Serape 9 years ago

I may be new, but I'd like to participate. Is saying so here all we have to do, or shall I PM you as well?

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by kleinevos (moderator) 9 years ago

I'm in! :-)

@Serape: You'll have to knot your bracelet(s) first, then PM. You're not participating before that. Telling it here will not count as participating!

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by Serape 9 years ago

Ah, okay! Got it. :) Thanks.

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by Sammoning (moderator) 9 years ago

Ofcourse I'm in as well, I haven't missed a swap since I joined :D

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by makotocrafts 9 years ago

Awesome! Gotta start knotting!

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by lady_cinni 9 years ago

I've got a bracelet that I just started that's perfect for the theme. And I'll look through my stash of pre-selected colors/patterns, to see if I've got something else that I can add.

RE: AUTUMN SWAP 2014 by Arismende 9 years ago

Fine! - The main thing is, that you didn't already post a picture of the bracelet you gonna send, lady_cinni :)

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