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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 think Madigan takes the cake =) And I would definately make something for me...probably a hat, cowl, fingerless glove set.
Kate, Connor, Maeve are all awesome, too. I also love that all the new solids would look beautiful together for a solid color sweater. Amazing new photography!!!
I think Maguire or Niall...such a difficult decision! But the blues really speak to me. A scarf or shawl would keep me busy. Thank you for the contest!
Your yarns are to die for! I want to take Maura home. Mmm, lovely heather and misty moorland colours. I would love to make a beautiful lace wrap from this.
Madigan - it was love at first site! And I'd make a beautiful sweater for one of my boys :)
I'd go with Niall and make a cute fitted sweater if there was enough yardage otherwise I'd knit myself a chic beret with textured stitches.
I heart Grady! It would make the cutest newborn hats!
What beautiful colors and what a generous offer! It is hard to choose, but I would pick Alana and make a lovely pair of socks!
I love then all and the photography is beautiful!
My favorite is Niall. I would make a cardigan with a textured stitch pattern and shawl collar. I have a design already starting to take shape in my mind.
Ohh, difficult decision, but I think I would choose Jack and make some socks - still have to decide on a pattern though.
So hard to choose....they are all wonderful (and the pictures are so artful!).
If I had to choose, I would go with Cian as a yummy spring-summer-going-into-fall shawl color.
I would like Clare and I would use it to make a lovely little cardigan to go over a spring dress.
What lovely photos and beautiful yarn!
My favorite is Maguire to be knit into a large warm sweater to make next winter much more colorful.
Thanks!
I'd choose Madigan. I think it'd look great in a squooshy scarf or fingerless mitts. Something very simple so the colors really shine.
My choice would be Alana--I'm all about the not-quite-neutrals. I would make a sweater, something slightly lacy, like Titania again (I just knit one) because I love how those kinds of knits can be worn anywhere.
While they are all LOVELY and I would be thrilled to receive any skein of this gorgeous yarn I would say my favorite is the ever popular Maeve, which may be the most gorgeous color combination I've ever seen. I might knit a long skinny scarf which could be worn almost all year round, just so I could look at it and pet it!
I would also have to throw a vote in there for Alana - because it is my friend Alana's birthday today and that seems like fate says it should belong to me! ;0) Thank you for running this contest - it is so generous of you!
Alana is one of my favourites. With the subtle colours, I think it would be gorgeous worked up in Wexford for the 1930's suit from Jean Moss' Sculptured Knits :).
you mean, i have to choose? ugh! :) i really like jack, kieran, claire, and grady. well quite a few of them really. but if i HAVE to choose i am going with jack. love how the greeens flow into the browny-yellows. since these are colors that remind me of ireland, i'd make a little triangle shawl and wear it like my grandmother wore hers.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Cian. I'm planning to knit Jared Flood's Girasole blanket with it :-D
My favorite is Kate! I would use it to knit newborn longies, hat, and kimono top for my sister's baby! It's absolutely beautiful!!!
Decisions, decisions...Alana is soothing and peacefull, Kieran reminds me of my monsters...full of energy and vigor...but Niall, calls to me...I can see in my mind's eye, being wrapped in Niall's powerful, restful embrace.
I LOVE the new colors!!! You have a way with them. I would choose Jack. First of all my grandfather's name was jack and I reall dig the bright colors. I think that I would do a pair of socks in a simple "manley" pattern. I would knit them for myself and think of my Grandpa when I wear them as he has since passed on. He was a farmer and the colors remind me of being on the farm with him.
Thank you! Sandi
Maura for a lovely, soft wrap to slip on in the cool of the New Mexico evenings. It's the exact color of the Manzano and Sandia Mountains in the soft summer twilight.
I think I have to pick Jack. I can see my son running around in the backyard wearing board shorts knit with this yarn. :)
I totally love them all, but Cameron is the colour I'd bring home with me. I'd make a nice snuggly pullover with it, or perhaps a nice scarf.
The colors are all stunning, so this is a difficult choice. I've been wanting to make some socks for the first time--I just keep putting it off. A skein of the Erin would definitely be a huge incentive--what lovely work, thank you!