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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)
I'd have to choose Brady, and I'd have to make a wrap sweater. Or socks. Or a cowl. Or all.
I *love* Clare. And my perfect project for this would be a lacy, beaded wrap to be worn with every black dress I own!
Jack. And I'd make a shrug for my daughter with it...
Thanks for a lovely peek at the yarn.
I am in LUST with the colour combinations! It's VERY difficult to choose just one but after much consideration I go with Maeve. It is just so YUMMY!!! In a perfect world of knitting I would make the most fabulous purse with it and a pair of opera length gloves.
Erin, Devin - Longies and matching hats!
I LOVE Maeve - it seems to be calling for a feminine sweater/scarf set... kinda lace like ya know. Thanks for bringing us more colors to choose from again. :)
There are so many beautiful shades, but I find myself going back to Alana. I think it would make a lovely lace wrap or even a Clapotis.
Diane
Niall is awesome. I would definitely make gloves or a hat. Way too pretty for feet.
Maura. Definitely Maura.
I once knit with a yarn I referred to as "liquid stained glass". This yarn immediately made me think of the light coming off of stained glass, as it hangs in the dust motes or morning mist. The ghost of stained glass.
So, Maura would make a lovely little capelet to wear in the spring, fall, and cool summer nights.
It was hard to choose, but I will say Niall. I have only made scarves and hats so far, so I will say a scarf!
I just love Jack! I think it would make the perfect pair of longies for my newest addition that just arrived last week:-)!
I have always loved Maeve, and it's my favorite of the ones in the lookbook. (The publication is gorgeous, btw.) If I had all the time in the world, I'd love to make a big cuddly blanket that my little boy and I could curl up under and read stories together.
hmmm - I'd take Niall, because I have a nephew with that name, and that colour would suit him beautifully. Which leads to what I'd knit. I'd make my lovely nephew and hat and scarft (and mittens if there were any left.)
I have never seen such an array of beautiful colors. I would probably knit up something for each of my niece and nephews so they could enjoy too. (and don't forget Mom, she'd love something from this collection). Since my name is Kate, I certainly have to choose "Kate". Plus I think its absolutely gorgeous!
My mother recently lost her father whose name was Jack. As she is not allowed to wear new clothes in her year of mourning, I would make her a hairband with the yarn of the same name. It would be something nice for her in her time of grief, and a lovely tribute to my warm and colourful grandfather.
All the colors are sooo amazing but my favorite is Kieran.
I would make a lace shawl or scarf or socks or hat&mitts or cardigan or...
Well, it was definitely difficult to choose just one... or even the right one because there were so many pretties. But, I'd probably pick Erin to make the Old Shale Shawl - I think it would be an interesting and lovely match.
Niall would be my choice. I'm blue at heart. :)
Devin: the shade(s) of green reminds me of my mom, whom I have been missing alot lately: she died of breast cancer Sept 2007. I am not sure what i would make - i would have to ask for help from my prayer shawl friends.
I think I would have to go with Clare. So rich and bright. I think I would make a lovely big scarf/wrap. It would surely ward off the winter blahs with that! Have you seen all the grey and brown and black they try to foist on us with winter fashions? Yeah, fight back with pink!
I adore Cian! Here in Oregon where gray winters can be so long, I would make a lovely warm shawl out of this colorway. It reminds me of aspen trees up in the mountains, and would brighten up the long winter days.
Ordinarily I don't knit with a lot of yellow/gold, but this one is amazing and is calling to me....
Cian would make a lovely pair of socks for Springtime. Spring Forward would be the perfect pattern.
I love Erin, and I would like to make socks out of it :)
I would have to say Madigan. It has just the right amount of the perfect colours - well in my little yarn filled world anyways :-) I would make a toque and fingerless glove set for me with it. It's cold up here in Canada!