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Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by Arismende 9 years ago

Hello everyone, I've decided to host an international swap again, which you will hopefull enjoy :) This time it will be the



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 theme is spring and because of its colours, the central symbol I've chosen this time is the daisy flower. So for this swap, there's a certain colour scheme that everybody should use: your bracelets must contain (some kind of) GREEN - WHITE and YELLOW + [b]you can add two (gradient) shades you like to combine them with, like pink/rose; orange/red; blue/lightblue etc.

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 friday, 20th of february, especially if you're not living in Europe. I live in Germany, so it will take longer for your bracelets to arrive with me if you're from the States etc.
[b]I would like to have all bracelets swapped and sent out again by the 10th of march
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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 wave, leaves and braided leaves etc. are all perfectly fine. Please don't add beads, because I'll redistribute the bracelets in regular letters.

3. Bracelets must have about 5 inches of knotted area and at least 5 inches of braid, clasp, etc. for tying onto everyones 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 70 strings for all bracelets together, with a minimum of 12 strings per bracelet. So, for example, you could send me two 20 string bracelets and one 30, or three 12-string bracelets and one with 34 etc. 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. And please note: it can always happen that you might receive in bracelet in turn, which has some strings less or more than yours, even though I try to as fair as I can to everybody :)

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 easter bunny type of 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 (+ mods). 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 march 20th, please let me know.


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

HAPPY KNOTTING, everyone!



RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by kleinevos (moderator) 9 years ago

Nice! I'll start searching for patterns :-)

RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by Arismende 9 years ago

yay, - me, too :)

RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by Cathy_3 9 years ago

woow, that sounds great! :)

RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by Sammoning (moderator) 9 years ago

This colorscheme looks interesting! I hope I'll find some nice patterns too :)

RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by elizabeth_s 9 years ago

I Love this idea! :D

I'm getting cracking on it as soon as possible!

I hope everyone doesn't just put 'daisy' in the search bar though hehehe

RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by Arismende 9 years ago

Hehe, no, I don't think so ;) - I just chose the daisy because of its colours :)

RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by Arismende 9 years ago

Oh, and I'm glad you all seem to like the idea :D

RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by Teuntje1998 9 years ago

Nicenicenice! This time I will participate :D

RE: Daisy flower Spring Swap 2015 by elizabeth_s 9 years ago

Would it be ok to send four 18 stringed patterns (that's only 72 all together) ?

I wouldn't mind getting less strings in return.

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