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TIME’S UP! Biggest yarn giveaway… ever!
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 5:31PM
Time is up! We'll be liveblogging the winners today (Wednesday) around 12:00 noon EST.
Have you seen our Spring Lookbook yet? (Even if you do nothing but flip through and think, "Cool," that will make me happy.)
We are giving away every skein of yarn pictured in the Spring Lookbook. Every single skein. All twenty of them.
This one:
And this one:
And this one:
And all seventeen more. We're not giving away the other stuff in the pictures, just the yarn.
There is no catch. You don't have to buy anything, you don't even have to pay for shipping. All you have to do is enter.
Contest rules: One entry per person. Our blog logs IP addresses, so we can check. Please enter only one time. You cannot be an employee of Three Irish Girls or be related to an employee of Three Irish Girls. (Got that, honey?) Your entry must be received by 4:30 am Eastern time on Wednesday, March 25th. Entries sent after that time will not be included in the contest.
Here's how it works: Reply to this post, answering the question below. You must actually reply to this post, do not email in your answer. (Click on the Read User's Comments link, and scroll down. It will take you to a box where you can reply.) After all the entries have been received, the number of entrants will be divided into 20 groups. One winner will be selected from each of the 20 groups. This is to improve your chances of winning. For example, if there are 100 responses, I will divide everyone into 20 groups. Each group will have five people.
Are you with me? 100 divided by 20= 5. I will then choose one winner from each of the 20 groups. In the scenario I've given, your odds of winning will change from one in 100 to one in five. Or something like that. I'm not a statistician. Just try to trust me, I'm looking out for you here. There will also be one grand prize given away, a winner randomly chosen from among everyone. The grand prize is a $150 gift certificate to be used on anything you like in our store.
TIME IS UP! WINNER'S WILL BE ANNOUNCED AROUND 12:00 EST TODAY (WEDNESDAY). BE SURE AND CHECK BACK, and thank you, everyone. :)GOOD LUCK, AND MAY THE (KNITTING) FORCE BE WITH YOU!
Have you seen our Spring Lookbook yet? (Even if you do nothing but flip through and think, "Cool," that will make me happy.)
We are giving away every skein of yarn pictured in the Spring Lookbook. Every single skein. All twenty of them.
This one:
And this one:
And this one:
And all seventeen more. We're not giving away the other stuff in the pictures, just the yarn.
There is no catch. You don't have to buy anything, you don't even have to pay for shipping. All you have to do is enter.
Contest rules: One entry per person. Our blog logs IP addresses, so we can check. Please enter only one time. You cannot be an employee of Three Irish Girls or be related to an employee of Three Irish Girls. (Got that, honey?) Your entry must be received by 4:30 am Eastern time on Wednesday, March 25th. Entries sent after that time will not be included in the contest.
Here's how it works: Reply to this post, answering the question below. You must actually reply to this post, do not email in your answer. (Click on the Read User's Comments link, and scroll down. It will take you to a box where you can reply.) After all the entries have been received, the number of entrants will be divided into 20 groups. One winner will be selected from each of the 20 groups. This is to improve your chances of winning. For example, if there are 100 responses, I will divide everyone into 20 groups. Each group will have five people.
Are you with me? 100 divided by 20= 5. I will then choose one winner from each of the 20 groups. In the scenario I've given, your odds of winning will change from one in 100 to one in five. Or something like that. I'm not a statistician. Just try to trust me, I'm looking out for you here. There will also be one grand prize given away, a winner randomly chosen from among everyone. The grand prize is a $150 gift certificate to be used on anything you like in our store.
TIME IS UP! WINNER'S WILL BE ANNOUNCED AROUND 12:00 EST TODAY (WEDNESDAY). BE SURE AND CHECK BACK, and thank you, everyone. :)GOOD LUCK, AND MAY THE (KNITTING) FORCE BE WITH YOU!
Reader Comments (1779)
Wow! I love Kieran and Devin! I like greens a lot, but Kieran is so appealing right now! If I had them, I think I'd make a lace shawl like the Fountain Pen Shawl(in IK '09). Or something very lacey. Awesome photos!
Oooh...do I be selfish, or not? Well, if I'm not being selfish, I'd take Erin and make something for my mom. She's been really supportive of my efforts at crocheting (I just learned in October). If I'm being selfish, I'd take Grady and make myself something cool...something fun...socks maybe. Oh, those would be cool socks!
Jack is my favorite hands down! I already bought a skein that's coming to live with me. I also totally think Ian rocks and would be a totally rockin pair of longies for my son (Jackson).
I would also totally love Grady. It reminds me of chocolate and caramel! I also will need to get Cian. I'm not a big yellow fan, but that colorway totally speaks to me!
I love almost all of them! And you've made yarn buying quite a challenge at this point!
I couldn't pick one so here are my two favorites, which are Clare and Alana.
with Claire I would make a sexy corsety like tank to showcase the reds and pinks
With Alana I would make a more delicate summer top to fit the softer smoother color.
If I had to pick just one, it would be Cian. Its so beautiful, sunny and happy. I want to just wrap myself from head to toe in that yarn so that means I would knit a hat, scarf, mitts, a sweater, oh and of course socks. lol!
It would have to be Maura because coming from the island of Ireland and living near to the Glens Of Antrim it reminds me of the green green grass of home. I would knit a beautiful cabled sweater with this yarn as the Irish are famous for doing.
I would have to bring home Alana. It would make a beautiful February Lady Sweater. Or perhaps a Tuscany shawl. The color reminds me of the roses that grow in my neighbor's yard.
Such beautiful colors!
The Brady & Connor makes me want to design a sweater -- front and back of Connor, with sleeves and borders of Brady. Geometric and stunning. Lots of fun to wear.
Ciara is gorgeous. Would dress up my living room with a pillow cover and the kitchen with a felted tea cozy.
All of them!! But if I were forced to chose only one, then it would be Clare". I would make a yummy shawl for a lovely woman named "Clare" which, she always reminds me, is the "correct" spelling. The photography is as gorgeous as the yarn. Thanks for offering it up!
Oh Lordy, those are some pretty colorways! Hmm, my favorite 3 are Erin, Niall, and Maeve. I think I'd use Erin to knit up a February Lady Sweater...or maybe Devin to make a CPH. Oops, I went and threw in another color.
Maeve!!! My favorite though I love so many of them , and like them all.
your yarns are so fabulous and the photography is just beautiful. : ) my favorite is connor, although i really like maura and kate as well. connor would probably become a springy shrug.
Maeve. Definitely Maeve. All of my favorite colors wrapped up into one skein of yummy yarn. I would like at least ten skeins of it so that I could knit a huge blanket and wrap myself up in Maeve all the time. WIth I just one skein of beautiful, lovely Maeve, I would probably knit a cowl or mittens so that I could have it around me all the time.
I love so many of them. They're all so delicious. But my winner is Niall. Gorgeous colors.
What a difficult decision! I keep going back to Maura though - i saw the photo in the 'beautiful pictures of yarn' thread on ravelry a few days ago and fell in love then - with the yarn and the uniqueness of the photo! A scarf made from Maura would go perfectly with my olive green spring jacket.
Devin, I'd have to say. It's such a Springy green, and I've got Spring surging through my veins now that we have rain and grass instead of snow around here! It would definitely become a lacy, slouchy beret - a nice light hat for Spring. Want.
That said, there are so many other lovely colorways, it was almost a shame to pick the one.
decisions, decisions....it's so hard!
1. Brady for a sweater for me-something bright and springy!
2. Jack--socks!
They're all absolutely gorgeous! I can't decide which one I like more (I'm a Libran, can never make decisions!) They would look wonderful made into socks, or a beautiful scarf and hat. I live in NZ, can I still enter?
I just love Niall. I think this would be perfect for a chic cardigan or jacket.
I would make the Lady Eleanor Shawl from Maura...
And the Placed Cable Aran with Niall
I love all the colors though. Such amazing combinations.
I am drawn to the idea of knitting a gift for a person with his/her named yarn...So, a poncho (her request) for my daughter with "Clare," a thick, bulky vest for my father-in-law with "Jack" for when he goes to the mountains, and a prayer shawl for my brother- in-law and sister-in-law who lost a baby named "Kieran."
OMG, I'm late coming to this party! I love jack, maeve and Claire, but Kate is just so superfabulous! A divine pair o' socks for me. :)
I just found your site through an ad on Ravelry, and I'm in love. Right now, I'm particularly in love with Kieran. Mmmmm. I would knit a lace stole out of it--with a lace pattern that suggested flames. Love. It.
OMG! so hard to choose - but I would bring home Madigan - and enough to make a beautiful, warm cabled sweatercoat!
Brady and Connor... because they would make a gorgeous pair of shorties for Josiah. I think it's followed closely by Maguire, Fionn and Cara... for some striped shorties. For myself... probably Maura for a scarf or shawl of some sort.