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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)
All your yarns are gorgeous! I wanted to reach into my computer screen and pet them. It was very hard to pick a favorite but I managed to get it down to 2. Erin needs to be a sweater. Maybe a Leisl sweater, maybe something else. Grady would make a pair of scrumptiously soft and adorable pair of longies for my baby boy. Or maybe a hat and mitts for me. Mama needs some hand knits, too. :)
What a lovely and artistic Lookbook. It's gorgeous! And so inspiring.
I am happy to say that the colorway Clare is just what I've been looking for to make my mom a beaded scarf. It's perfect! Thank you!
Oooh I love your colors! I have not seen your website before, but I want more! I lust after Cameron, I think, some colorwork at the yoke of a sweater, or a gorgeous bright collar on that great cardi in Norah Gaughan's latest book done in charcoal grey.....Are additional skeins available for purchase?, Like , could I actually buy all of them?
Maura, the colours are stunning! I'd make a pair of fingerless and a headband/hairband I can tie together with a knot. The colours are like early spring here in Norway! Beautiful.
decisions...decisions.
I am digging the rich colors of cameron ~ I think it would make a beautiful pair of mittens.
The merchandising is phenomenal! I would like Niale or Clare. Perfect for a shawl-ette for a friend going through chemo. I hope you can purchase all these wonderful colorways...
I like them ALL! But the Devin and the Madigan are my favs. I am big into hats right now and I just got a new book with about a million different beautiful hats so I think I would try one of those... or take a crack at arm/hand warmers!
I would use Clare to make a springy cardigan
Wow, I'm guessing I won't win with so many entries, but I had to reply 'cause you never know! :D
My favorites are Maeve and Kiernan, but for really different reasons.
I love Maeve because it's (for me) a pretty calming color. I could see myself knitting a lovely shall with it.
I also love Kiernan. It has a lot of "fire" to it. I've been known to be "firey"...especially when I think I'm right and my poor spouse, by definition must be wrong! LOL!
I think with Kiernan I'd make my first(???) pair of socks! Oh, how lovely those would be...of course, I'd need to actually learn to love dpns or find ciruculars with a cable short enough to do socks; but one can dream, no?
Beautiful work, Sharon! Can't wait to see who wins! Good luck everyone! :D
Campbell......It reminds me of milk and cookies!(need I say more). A great color for the whole family!
My fav is Maura. And I'll make a nice beautiful shawl with it.
I love them all. I would make Kate into a skirt for my youngest, it is totally her colors!
I love Grady and Jack, too.
Kate-I love the bright colors and would knit a fun sweater out of it for my niece--and matching mittens too
They are all beautiful, so it is difficult to pick only one. I would select Niall to make a pair of Viper Pilots socks. I also love Clare, Jack, Brady, and Grady. I could think of something special to make with any of the new colorways.
Clare is my favorite because it is the same color as my hair. If I stuck with my usual I would make a pair of socks. If I had more than one skein though I think it would make a wonderful summer tank top.
I had to sleep on this.........but I think if I could have one and only one of the colorways I would take home connor, and sneak off with some brady to accent it lol. I have an idea in my head of a gorgeous dress to knit for cady, the body of the dress would be connor and the lace hem and the trim at the neck and the ruffle sleeve and the band at the waist would be brady.
It`s Brady & Connor for me !
They are all so beautiful, but I think I like Devin the best to try my first shawl.
JACK! JACK! JACK!
A scarf / stole for fall. If there was enough left over some wrist warmers as well.
I also love Kate! I think that would be a neckwarmer and maybe a little hat of some kind.
I would love to use Clare to make a scarf and hat set. One of those slouchy hats that look so cute on everyone.
Maura really wants to be a cute little big. Kind of a miniature version of the Noro bag made of triangles. I'm sick and miserable on the couch, else I'd go look up the name of the pattern. But Maura is calling out to be made into ... that. :)
They are all beautiful yarns!
I'm torn between Kate and making some cool fun fingerless mitts and Alana which is a beautiful soft shade for a hat or cowl!
I figure we are limited to 1 skein choices so there you have it :)
Oh my -- what ISN'T fabulous?? If I had to pick, I think it would be Cameron or Maeve, but there are so many that are so wonderful!! You really do have a way with the colorways....
Thank you for the fun contest! :-)
For myself I love Maeve, and I'd make a hat and mittens. Clare too. Kate would make an adorable hat and mittens for my daughter. And how about Kieran hat and mittens for my son?
Hello They are all lovely , i would use clare to make a lacey hat , sock combo .For my preemie granddaughter , i knit and wait for her to come home.This color is so cheerful it would be perfect.
Shelda