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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)
Clare is love at first sight. It would be perfect for a February Lady Sweater!
Ooooohhh, Kieran for sure, and made into a beautiful shawl to spice up my somber suits! And there are at least two others that would make me very happy as well!
Maura! Beautiful colors, subtle shades, looks warms, and inviting.
Great collection of colors, each one more beautiful than another.
I'd choose the Erin yarn and make myself a bra and some undies...its cold here in Canada ;)
I would probably choose either Kate or Connor for some pretty summer shorties!
Maura, Maura, Maura. I think I would do just what you did with it! I would put it in some Easter eggs and admire it. It is luscious. The colors call to my soul and give me comfort. After admiring it for awhile I would probably buy some more of the same color and knit up a short sweater, shawl or shrug. Those colors are SO me! (and I agree, I think this lookbook is your best work, love the photostyling)
I adore the blue-green trio of Maguire, Fionn and Cara. I'm thinking after this next baby girl is born, the sparkling yarn trio may inspire me to spend the summer days outside playing with my trio of girlies and making them each a wee scarf for their fall wardrobes. (And perhaps a matching one for their dollies!)
Cameron - I would make a beautiful cabled Cherry Garcia cowl just perfect for a cold winter day.
Your lookbook is beautiful - it makes me want a skein of each color!
I would have to say Niall is my fave and I'd make a lace shawl with it.
I LOVE Brady!! I would want to make a poncho with it for my almost 2yo dd!!
I would love love love to bring home a skein of Kate. All of the new colorways are great, but Kate looks like a great spring colorway to knit up. I would probably make a cute hat out it. Keep up the good work! Thanks!
Wow! They are all so beautiful and so stunningly photographed! I would have to choose "Kate". It's just so...... me ;) And what would I make with it? Probably a super cute hat or cowl. Something fun & spunky just like Kate is!
Thanks so much for the fun contest & the super fantastic Look Book!
It would have to be Maura. I would knit a pillow that would "support" me while I knit. Besides, the colors match my couch. ;~}
I love Clare, and I'd love to use it for the cabled fingerless gloves that I've recently been making for the fiber art gallery that I belong to. Those colors would certainly warm up your hands!
Oooh, it's so hard to decide! There are a few I would love for socks--especially Madigan. But, if I had to pick JUST one it would be Alana for a small, lacey shawl. Yum. Thanks so much for sharing the beautiful new colorways.
I love, love, love Cameron!!! It would make a beautiful lacy scarf or light sweater, for me, of course! ;)
I am in awe! I see a calendar in the making! Your presentation is wonderful. I would knit myself a beautiful sweater. My four favorites are Erin, Niall, Clare and Maeve. Difficult choice, but I would choose Maeve. Thanks for the opportunity.
If I could only choose one, it would be Madigan and it would be knitted into longies for next fall.
I would also love to have Jack and Kate for socks. (and longies, lol)
I love Grady, it reminds me my favorite drink, coffee! And I think it would be a great, fashionable color for guys! I would crochet it into a neck warmer. :-)
WoW! First, the photography is beautiful and is only matched by the colors themselves. There are at least half a dozen that I would love to knit but I kept coming back to Jack. I would love a skein to make fingerless gloves.
The pictures are beautiful, like something out of a fine living magazine. I've never used hand dyed yarn before either. This is so exciting.
I love that pretty pink blue and green one, Kate, on page 5. I've always mixed browns with red tones, but I've never thought of adding green. How pretty.
I'd most definately use this to knit a purse, coffee cozy, and wristwarmers. Coco beans, with a spash of color. Love it!
Love your colorways! Beautiful. If I had to pick a favorite I'd have to say Maeve would make a beautiful sweater, or scarf or socks even.
But a runner up would be Clare to make a great wrap or awesome socks too.
Alana is breathtaking and would make the perfect spring shawl.
I love Jack!
Clare is the color I can't live without. That vibrant raspberry would look fantastic as a lace shawl, or a sweater, or a hat and scarf set, or a baby sweater, or an afghan, or just about anything! But I think I'd make the lace shawl first. :-)