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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)
Keiran!!!!
I love it - Orange is my favourite colour and I need a project for me! I'd love to make a pair of fingerless gloves for chilly spring mornings- when I'm out shooting a session, my fingers need some warmth to make it through!
Ian would make great longies. (I can think of a project for each wonderful color!)
Maeve, Jack, Ian , Maguire, Cian
I'd make gloves out of Maeve, a cowl out of Jack, a shrug out of Ian, a scarf out of Maguire and socks out of Cian.
And I had to LIMIT myself to five.
I'd definitely choose Maguire to knit into some complicated cabled mittens. The color would be fantastic against the grey of winter.
Thanks for the contest!
Erin! In a beautiful, open, lacy shawl coverup for a cool tropical moonlight walk on the beach.
What gorgeous colors -- so hard to choose just one! If I have to have only one, I guess it would have to be Cian for a bright and cheerful summer cardi!
I would love to bring home Erin! I think I would probably make a light lacy spring scarf or shawl with that colorway.
I love so many of them, but Erin is my favorite. I love Kate, Devin and Grady as well!
Kate! I love it. :)
Brady, in something lacy w/ little bit of subtle cabling to create a stole that looks like a rippling stream.
Oh, and when it comes to odds, if you're giving away 20 skeins 20/100 is the same as 1/5. The difference is that in a pool of 100 you have 20 shots of winning something with bad odds, rather than 1 shot at winning something with good odds. Statistically, it's exactly the same; mentally, most prefer getting that extra shot, no matter what the odds.
Looks awesome! My favorites are Erin, Kieren, Niall, & Cameron. Such lush colors!
Oooh, I like your Lookbook (great name!) It was close, but Alana takes it for me...I see it as a lovely spring cardigan that would go with everything.
And Kate would make great socks.
mmm, I would definitely make a hat with Jack.
Want them all. Love the new colours.
I would definitely pick Niall! It's gorgeous and would make a beautiful cowl for damp spring days and cool nights.
All are beautiful! I LOOOVE Kate!!
I would use it to make my first pair of socks!!!
It is so hard to narrow it down, but I love the 3 blues together - Maguire, Fionn & Cara - I think they would make a beautiful baby blanket for a boy.
They're all fantastic, but if I have to pick just one? I'd pick Maura and make a lacy wrap out of it.
What an incredibly beautiful inspiration collection. Love it!
All so beautiful. But Erin just jumps out at me and the others pale in comparison. Maybe it's because it just looks like spring and summer to me- and I am over the winter!
I would so love to make a light, lacy little vest with it. Something to really evoke bright spring/summer days and the greens and colors popping out everywhere.
I would pick Jack and make a big shawl. I'd swatch to see what lacy or solid pattern would compliment the colors. It is such an unusual color combination, so unexpected, but it works brilliantly. A true head-turner. But, really, this was a very hard choice to make. I loved most of the colors, and it was a hard choice between Jack, Cameron, Kieran, Alana, and Maura.
It's so hard to choose just 1, But I think it would have to be "Alana" to make some socks for my sister.
Alana really wants to come home with me! It would morph into something lacy and girly just for me like a wrap/scarf. Love those colors, but honestly, there were so many awesome colorways it was difficult to choose. Wonderful job Sharon!
It's so hard to choose just one. If I have to I'd choose Maura and I'd make some exquisite fingerless mitts with them with lots and lots of cables!
My word, such awesome yarns!!! I'd take a whole pile of them if I could, but my top choice is the first one, the lovely Erin, followed closely by Jack. Erin would make a fabulous lace scarf for everyday wear and it contains such fabulous hues of green and teal. But they're all gorgeous!