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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)
Hard choice, but I think I'd choose Clare and make a perfect, wear anytime cosy cardigan for myself! :)
Definitely Niall, but Brady is a close second! I love semisolids and subtle color variations. What to make is a tougher call but would probably be a squishy sweater of some sort.
I love love love Jack. It shows greens and oranges in harmony- the would be perfect world of Ireland. I would make Rowan some longies and celebrate our heritage.
All so beautiful! Jack and then Jan.
If I had to pick just one....I would pick Jack. I love, love, love the colors. I would make a cabled hat/scarf/mitten set. Just enough spunk to add brightness to a dreary winter day. Or, ya know, Kate, because I like anything that almost shares a name with me :)
Oh, how I love Kate! I would knit me up some fun and funky Kate socks! Who am I kidding? I love most of those colorways but Kate really stood out to me!
So many of these colors speak to me but I love Maura for its softness, like a misty morning when the colors are muted. I would make a hooded cape or a hooded sweater so I could blend into the forest. I also love Jack for its bright interplay of color. I would make a cheerful cardigan to warm me on a cold winter day.
I've been in a very yellow mood lately....so I would definately pick Cian. I think I would make a cardigan.
They are all absolutely gorgeous! But I love cameron. It would make a very nice scarf for anytime wear. Love the color blends!
I'd have to say "Madigan," however "Kate" would also be fun to knit with! I think I would make a top for my daughter. All of them are beautiful!
Oh, so hard to say. But I think it's got to be Kieran. Those flames just lick my soul.
As for the pattern, I think it would be Reverie from the Spring 2009 Knitty:
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring09/PATTreverie.php
Hi! thanks for the chance to win.
i'd choose Alana in fingering weight for a lace scarf.
(probably one from knitspot)
Ooh. Such gorgeousness. But I have to go with Maeve, with which I would make a KILLER pair of gloves.
Ii've ordered many yarns from you all over the years. Right now i'd pick Kieran and make some socks for myself. It has probably been a decade since I knit something for myself so I think it would be grand to have some bold socks to amuse myself with.
Lovely yarn, how would one ever choose?
Maura.
EZ seamless yoke henley.
Or a felted nest to put Easter eggs
I'd have to say Alana and Devin are my two favorites (together, the names sound like a soap opera couple!).
Alana would become the Spiral Yoke Sweater by Meg Swansen and Devin would be a lacey, clingy summer camisole or dress.
Oh if only, if only I had the budget and the time. Heck, just give me the budget, I'd make the time!
Oooh I need Alana! The colors are so warm and comforting, just beautiful! I think I would make a gorgeous shell out of it.
As of right this minute, Maeve, and as of right this minute, some sort of luscious sweater.
(They are ALL beautiful - even the colors I don't like are beautiful!)
Maura and Devin. I am honestly 100% torn between the two. I have been wanting to make the clapotis from knitty for a while, but have been searching for colorways that I think would look best with my style of clothing, and I think either would just be glorious. I like then each for different reasons, but both because although Devin is quite vibrant, they are both very natural at the same time. I would enjoy knitting either because in their own way would suit my wardrobe nicely, whether I am feeling in a more subdued mood (Maura) or a feisty energetic mood (Devin).
All of the yarn, though, is GORGEOUS. The photography is phenomenal!
Madigan, without a doubt; what beautiful, modern colors.
I would knit an autumn skirt and matching ponco for my daughter.
I have one word for you! Clare! All the way...Clare! :-)
I would knit an outspoken, extra-verted and cheeky scarf with it. It would have frills spilling everywhere and have attitude galore.
To top it off, I'd wear lipstick to match. Naturally!
OMG! The colors are beautiful. I had to go through the Spring Lookbook not once but three times over the past two days. I happened to be on the website on Sunday and found it. I love Cian as daffodils are my favorite flower. Such a happy color.
Grady would so be a french press warmer to keep my chai warm, and handwarmers to hold my coffee in a caramel cup...and a scarf to keep me warm while the coffee was brewing...
As always the greens are my favorites, so Erin is pretty high up there, Devin is pretty, I wouldn't push Jack out of my knitting basket...but then there is MAURA and she is just leaving me speechless....to hold her...to have enough to knit a sweater....I can smell the lavender and the moss and a hint of fresh peppemint...A PIECE OF ART!!