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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)
There's a beautiful long skirt in the "Knitting Lingerie Style" book that I would love to make. So much so that my husband bought the book for me as a surprise, completely randomly. Kieran would make the most vibrant version of that skirt! In my perfect knitting world I would be able to make that skirt with one skein of yarn. LOL. your colors are gorgeous, by the way...purrrrty!
What an impossible choice! I lean to the purples of Niall and Brady, but Connor makes me smile, and would make a gorgeous neckwarmer.
I would make a neck cowl out of Cara. Something close to my skin and face would be great.
Tough decision, but I'd have to say I'd love to take home Maura, but Clare is a tight second.
I love Naill because blue and purple are my favorite colors. I would make socks and/or sweaters for my myself. I love knitting for my granddaughters which I do all the time, but it is time for me to make something for myself for a change. But if I got real ambitious I would make the 3 of us something.
I would just totally LOVE Kieran...it's just the colour of happiness... I don;t know what I'd make, a sweater probably...just something for ME! :)
It is so hard to choose only one! They are all beautiful! But after looking back 4 times I had to narrow it down to my favorite colors and that would mean it has to be hands down....Cameron. As for what I would make? Maybe a wrap for myself as I would HAVE to make something that I could wrap myself up in the YUMMY colors!
That's so hard to choose! They are all gorgeous.
I think I'd pick Maura and knit a scarf hat.
Clare - definitely, Clare. And not just because my brandnew granddaughter is named Claire. I love the rich red and crave a cardigan made of it. And it definitely does not hurt that the name reminds me of Sweet Little Miss Claire!
its a toss up between Kate, and Cameron. I think I like Kate better.... no Cameron.... no Kate, ok, final answer... Kate
and I'd have a mariosol top made
So hard to make a decision! I loved Maeve, and Madigan looks fun! but I've chosed Kate, it looks lovely and it's my name.... I'd make something for my daughter - some longies or a jacket or a shrug....
Oh, you know I love that Maeve... and I'd love her even more as a shawl!
Way too many beautiful combinations! I'd probably choose Maura, I love the subtle colorway and would make a sweater or shawl and definitely socks. Getting hooked on socks and mitts!
Then there is Maeve and Madigan, and Jack. Jack has that Yin Yang thing going on!
Decisions,Decisions! Wow, they are all beautiful, but I would take Clare first. I think it would look gorgeous as either a Shetland Triangle or a Swallowtail shawl, and that color is very complimentary.
oh my to pick ONE! all of them are lovely but three are totally irresistiible........... Brady and Connor, Clare and Cian are calling out to me so loudly..how can i pick one?
but if I can only bring one of them home then I guess it will be Cian...and having just started on lace knitting... I am dreaming large, lacy, knit shawls. oooooH! I can just feel myself knitting
Oh Sharon, how can anyone choose just one? Each one has it's own exquisite charm, and they all call to me.
I would love to unwind at the end of the day with a shawl made with Maeve. That's always been one of my favorite names, and somehow the colors suit that name. The rich lilac, teal, and chartreuse mixture reminds me of the desert Sierras in Spring just before sunset, when the last gleam of sunlight lights up the new sagebrush blooming on the distant mountain. When I lived in the west, that was a time I always enjoyed--the day unwinding and the night unfolding; a time when everything grew quiet and still.
(But I want to wear Grady on my toes this Winter, and to wrap up on a scarf made from Erin this Fall, and slip into a shrug of Jack this Summer, and make sweaters from the rest to chase away the chill in my classroom all year).
Maeve (socks) and Madigan(cloth diaper cover)
beautiful!
Ohhh, I'd love to make my daughter some longies out of Madigan with aqua trim. : )
Clare... or Maguire. It would depend on my mood. I love Clare... she is gorgeous in her deep saturated hue. But Maguire is much more like spring... and it's been a looooong winter! Something bright and pretty might be just the thing.
What would I make... some type of sweater or top. Clare would make a lovely snuggly hooded cardi to curl up into. Maguire... in a sport weight... could make a stylish spring top.
Apparently I am caught between seasons...
I think I would take Clare, Its so hard to choose. I would like to make a fiona's top, a sweet summery dress/top for my baby girl :)
How on earth could you expect someone to choose just one?? Everyone of those deliciously photographed colours begs to be favourited!!
Greens call out my name whenever I see them - so obviously Erin would need to become a pair of socks ... It would have to be a very special pair of socks !
But then again I *heart* the colour saturation in Clare and could see myself wearing that in a February Lady sweater to brighten up the dreary winter gloom.
And as for Kieran and Alana - wouldn't thay be fabulous as Forest Canopy Shawls?? A different look for autumn days and warm spring evening.
They are all really beautiful - I hope they go to good homes who will knit them wisely with passion and adoration.
Love Niall - the blues are just my style. But right now? Now, in the spring, I'd really love to be knitting some spring socks, one of the leafy lace patterns, maybe... and I think the Erin would be just the ticket.
Thank you for those lovely photos!
I just love Connor! The bright springy colors...socks all the way! (what else is there...?)
Niall calls to me in the most purpley amazing way. I'm a big fan of most things purple and I like the mix of the deep blue and the purple.
This colorway could make a wonderful scarf or shawl, or a pair of lacy fingerless gloves... but anything is possible with this coloration.
OK, never before has looking at yarn brought a tear to my eye but when I saw Jack, my eyes teared up. When I was a teenager back in the 70s, my dad had a plaid sportscoat with blues & greens that he wore with a butter-colored polo shirt and brown slacks - and you guessed it, his name was Jack.
In a perfect universe, I'd be knitting him some socks with it, but since he's no longer with us, I'm thinking of a scarf for me - something I can wear and remind me of him.