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RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by kleinevos (moderator) 8 years ago

Hello everyone, I've decided to host an international swap again :-)

It's going to be a Rainbow Themed 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!

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 June 1th , especially if you're living outside of Europe.
I live in The Netherlands, so it will take longer for your bracelets to arrive with me if you're living far away.
I would like to have all bracelets swapped and sent out again by June 15th.

I will allow no more than 25 participants, unless you are able to send me stamps or euros for the postage of the swap-bracelets. Since we didn't have more than 25 participants for the previous swaps, you don't have to worry too much about not being able to join this swap ;-)
I'll keep you updated on how many of you are already joining.

2.String amounts per bracelet, total amount of bracelets and strings per person:
-Each bracelet should have at least 10 strings, or 7 (base-)strings for alphas, or 20 strings for kumihimos.
-Maximum 80 strings total per person. Alphas will count as 1.3 times the base-string count, kumihimos as half of the string count.
-Maximum 4 bracelets per person, or 5 if you knot at least 2 bracelets smaller than 14 strings (10 for alphas). Maximum 2 kumihimos per person.

*You'll get back (about) as many strings as you've send in. See also below, point 3.
You won't get back a kumihimo if you've only send in regular normal or alpha-bracelets, unless you tell me you like getting one. Otherwise only other kumihimos and tutorial-bracelets will be swapped with kumihimos.

Example: If you send in two 16-string bracelets, you could get back one 32-string bracelet, or one 10-string and one 22-string bracelet, or one 12-string normal and one 17-string alpha, etc.

3.Bracelets other than normals,alphas,kumihimos:
-No chinese staircase, chevron, candy stripe, vertical wave, wrap bracelets, loomband bracelets etc. please.
-Zolino and double-double wave are fine.
-Leaves and braided leaves and other similar tutorial-bracelets are also fine, but should have at least 12 strings.
-Shaping is fine.
-No beads or charms please, unless it's paper beads, because beads will make the envelope heavier and therefore more expensive to mail out.

IN GENERAL: I'll try to swap as fair as possible, which means that some types of bracelets, like shaped bracelets or leaves, will be swapped with other bracelets that have less strings.

3.Measurements:
-Bracelets must have 5-5,5 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.
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 the bracelet you receive 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.Rainbow Themed means:
RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, PURPLE
-Every bracelet should have at least 5 of the 6 different rainbow-colors.
-Additional use of black, white, grey, and any shade of the chosen rainbow-colors is allowed.
-You're also allowed to use rainbow colored multi-color-string, especially for the smaller bracelets.
-String/color-substitution is also allowed to get all of the colors in your bracelet.


5.Once you have finished your bracelets, send me a PM with pattern-numbers and amount of strings of the finished bracelets.
*Do not PM me to get my address before your bracelets are completed!
*I will not give my address before you've given me pattern-numbers (or names in case of tutorial-bracelets) and string-amounts of the finished bracelets.

6. 'Secret Santa'
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.

7.If you have any questions left after reading all of the rules of the swap, please feel free to ask!

8.Happy knotting everyone !


RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by xXClanRenXx 8 years ago

I'm in! Haven't swapped in a while, so I'm eager for this! Time to find some patterns. :D

RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by KnotAddicted 8 years ago

Ooo! I'm definitely in! And I'm glad we have more than a month to do it! I have so many rainbow patterns I've wanted to make so this will be fun :)

RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by alittlebitlee 8 years ago

I'm so in, this will be my first swap :)

RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by Charmed_1 8 years ago

oooo...awesome!... I know I just did a swap, but I'm making up for lost time. Searching patterns now....Love the rainbow theme..

RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by DelightBracelet 8 years ago

So we're not allowed to make a bracelet less than 10 strings, correct? Unless it's alpha then it's not suppose to be less than 7 base strings?

RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by kleinevos (moderator) 8 years ago

@DelightBracelet: Yes, that's right.

I'm glad you all seem to like this swap :-))

RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by Arismende 8 years ago

Yay! - I guess I'll be able to join, too again! - Love the theme :) - One question: is the due date the 1st of june of the 11th? Because you wrote "1th" I thought you might have forgotten the other 1...

RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by kleinevos (moderator) 8 years ago

No it's June first :-)
I've two weeks left for waiting for all of the bracelets to arrive with me, because in previous swaps it sometimes took a while too.....

RE: RAINBOW SUMMER SWAP 2015 by kleinevos (moderator) 8 years ago

O, the th was from copying and pasting the text from a previous swap ......

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