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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)
They are all gorgeous, but it would have to be Kate for me. I would make the Oriental Lily Dress for my daughter.
well, if I can only pick one it would be Cameron. It's not only seasonless but it's gender neutral. I could use it for my son as gorgeous longies for fall or I could make myself a shrug to dress up the plain tops I end up wearing all year round. Yeah, the shrug - he's got enough longies. Mama needs a shrug.
Hmmm...Maura, Maeve or Madigan...I love all three. But, if I were forced to choose just one, I think it would be Maura, and I would make a Chickadee Cowl.
I would love to knit with Cian. It's so happy and sunshiney it makes me smile. I'd have to make something that I could see while wearing it. Maybe a cheerful jumper or mittens.
I love Maeve. The colours caught my eye right away and I thought about how gorgeous a pair of socks would be in this colourway. Now that I think about it, a shawl would be lovely, too...oh, and a neckwarmer and gloves and, and, and... ;D
I would bring home Cian, bold and beautiful, and I'd make myself a scarf of it. Maybe I'd make a Clapotis, all swirly and classy, or maybe I'd crochet a long narrow strip of scarf with fringe.
I LOVE Maeve! I would get it in Springvale and make myself a pretty turtleneck sweater for next fall :)
I would take Cara, and since it is a delicate, beautiful color, I would make a smooshy cowl from it, or perhaps a cabled beret. It looks cool and beautiful and classy.
i love the kate colorway, and not just because that's my name. i would make a baby surprise for my little one on the way
I would go with Maura. I love the colors! I would make a shawl and maybe a beret to go with it.
They were all so lovely but I would have to choose Connor. It spoke to me the moment I saw it. I would make a cushy soft, warm hat because "spring" in the midwest is not very kind and it would bring me great joy to wear such colors and stay warm until summer comes!
I love Jack. All of them of gorgeous but I really like the different colors and how rich they all look in that one. I'd probably make some shorties for my little guy to wear this summer.
jack would be a sweater for my son. Likely an EZ baby surprise. and erin wants to be socks for me. I love the subtle solids!
I love either Erin or Devin - I go weak for green! I would definitely knit a pair of socks that has some kind of leaf motif.
I love all of them, but I think Madigan stands out for me! I love the random distribution of colour, and think it would make an amazing skirty for my daughter!
Connor is one of the prettiest yarns I've ever seen. I would make a hat or a scarf (oooooo, both!!) because the sky color would light up my blue eyes. Pretty!!!
Grady for sure. I would make a truly fabulous Clapotis scarf. Tres elegant.
Oh wow, Erin and Kate are both tugging at me. LOVE them both! Either of them would make a gorgeous Ishbel and I think that's just what I'd make if I could only have one skein!
(But which would win, my love of green and green blues or my love of brown, pink and green together?!)
Erin and Devin are tied...I think a second lace shawl (I'm almost finished with the first), but if I had Alana, I believe my niece, Alana, would love a pink anything!
I would LOVE lots and lots of Jack!
It's so difficult to decide between Aidan, Maureen, and Nora. They are just sooooo beautiful! But I think I do like Aidan best.
I just love Erin. Green being my favourite colour but this reminds me of the sea. I think something like a shawl would be ideal but would have to evoke feelings of the sea in the design. Beads to enhance or look like water drops. Very ethereal!
I'm drawn to so many colorways for myself, but only one for my sweet girl, Zoe Pearl. She looks stunning in rich rosy colors - so Clare it is. I'd love to see her in a little capelet to match the precious perfect dress I currently have on my cutting mat.
I would love to use Niall to make a bat wing type shawl if I had enough skeins. If it's only one, I'd probably make fingerless gloves for me.
Grady is so fantastic! Its hard to choose just one, but Grady is the one I'd find on my head and hands, that would be as a hat and mittens!
They are all simply beautiful!