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Hello everyone, I've decided to host an international swap again :) This time it will be a Mother Earth Swap 2015



[COLOR=5C483A ]You'll send me a number of bracelets, and I'll swap them with bracelets from other people around the world. So you could basically end up with a bracelet from anywhere![/COLOR]

It's all about earth colours, the elements and landscapes this time; think of water, fire, air and the earth with it's shades of red and brown and feel inspired by the colours collected in title picture

So for this swap, there are certain colours that everybody should use, that is either

1.blue and green,
2.green and brown OR
3.blue and brown

in combination with other colours you like and which fit the theme.

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

1. Due date for getting my address and getting your bracelets sent in to me is saturday, the 10th of october, 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. I would like to have all bracelets swapped and sent out again by the end of october.

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 72 strings for all bracelets together, with a minimum of 10 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. But very big bracelets (more than 36 strings) are harder to swap. - 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, and please only then, 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. Please 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 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 Halloween, please let me know.

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

HAPPY KNOTTING, everyone!

*please note that I'll be on holidays from the 12th until the end of August

I'm 90% sure that I'll join it! :D Yippie! It's great that you host this swap so soon after rainbow one :)

i like this title picture :) it's so inspiring! wondering which group of 3 to take for a fire..:D

Yeah! I really like this theme ! I absoluty gonna participate :)

I am also in! Can't wait to see all entries :)

Nice!! - I'm really looking forward to see what everybody will come up with :)

I'm used to leaning towards green/brown/orange colors for autumn swaps but I'm totally fascinated by the possibilities of green/blue together! :)

Love this theme! And the picture is indeed very inspiring :) - I think I'll go for blue&brown first :D

Yay, sounds good! - Here's a current example in the gallery, which fits so great to the theme I think, knotted by Aismi19



:)

Oh cool! Maybe I will join in as well. God willing I have time to knot, so hard to find time with a little one! lol