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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 LOVE Kate....So pretty and springy!! I think it would make a perfect girly soaker sack!
There are many that I love and would be thrilled to have in my possession, but Maeve is my favorite. I've never knit with fingerweight before, so it would be a brand new experience for me. I'd have to make something for myself, perhaps a shawl or my first pair of socks. I have been drooling over this colorway since you first posted it.
I love the whole lot but am really drawn to Maura,Kieran,Cian
Niall would make such beautiful socks...
And Kieran would make such a beautiful scarf!
Cameron - I would make an Autumn shawl/wrap. The colors represent the changing o the leaves in my area PERFECTLY. Lovely job!
I love Brady&Connor I would use Connor for a child's cardigan and Brady for a soaker or apron style baby dress. all of them are so lovely :)
wow!! the Irish girls have really outdone themselves! I want all of them!! But since I have to choose, it must be Maura. My oldest daughter is named Maura and the colorway has her favorites iin it. The lilac adds a terrific touch. I would make her a wonderful lacy shawl!
Cian is the perfect color for spring, and wants to be a beautiful lacy shawl, maybe with a flowery pattern!
Whee! I lovelovelove Cameron and I would make Lucy Neatby's Falling Leaves Scarf. So perfect!
Jack is also AMAZING! don't know what I would do with it yet.
See you on payday!
Oh it's SO hard to choose. Forced to choose just one it would have to be Kieran, in a nice huge wrap, maybe even a clapotis. I NEED to surround myself in that color, sigh.
So many choices, but you tell me I must choose just one. Oh, the pressure! I think I'd go for Cian, because it's way outside of my usual cool pallet. I've got a friend who would be my slave if I made her some socks out of it.
I LOVE Jack!!
There's so many great ones that it's difficult to choose. I think Clare is definitely my favorite but all the blues (Brady, Connor, Magquire, Fionn) are so nice as well! I'd probably make some sort of lacy socks for myself that could be worn with a skirt to show them off.
Do I really have to choose? : ) Your yarns are scrumptious! Hmmm, Maura, Connor, Maeve, Madigan, OH MY... really I don't know how to choose! I promise to do you proud if I become the keeper of one of these beautiful yarns! I have been ogling the Shalom Cardigan on Ravelry, that would look wonderful with any of those! Or, Perhaps a fancy pair of leg warmers to show off the yarn with a pretty skirt! Crossing my fingers in hope and anticipation!!!
It is hard to choose because it is all so beautiful. My choice would be for Maeve. I have always wanted to make a warm sweater for myself and this would make a beautiful one. Thank You!
After some very very careful consideration, and some internal debate, I have decided that I would love to have "Jack".
My children are Jack and Kate, and both colorways are absolutely beautiful. Well, they all are!
My darling Jack is 7 and has been asking me to knit or crochet a pair of socks for him, and this yarn is just perfect! He would love all the colors, and really enjoy the socks! I will keep my fingers crossed!!!
Good luck to all!!
Maeve is so pretty! I'd make my sweet little Ellie a skirtie with it:).
Kieran.
Brad and I have been together for 3 years now and since he learned I knit he's wanted me to make him a sweater. I keep telling him I have to find a perfect wool, something he's really going to want to wear. Yesterday he brought home a bag of the most gaudy awefull acrylic yarn free from a friend, and begged I make him a sweater. Poor boy was so disappointed when I explained why it would be a terrible idea (his answer was "but I'll wear it over a t-shirt then it will be ok!"). I'd love to make him and our son matching hoodies out of a soft beautiful orange, especially because they both look so good in orange.
I was going to say Clare because I've been wanting to make a shawl for Brad`s mom who was just diagnosed with breast cancer, because it's such a beautiful cheery but sexy pink colour; it so matches her personality! However, I decided I should just buy the wool I'd need for the shawl, so she can have it for her next few rounds of chemo.
These colours are incredibly beautiful, you guys are really on trend! Kudos!
Without a doubt I would pick Maura. I love the name and the colorway. It is my favorite. I am not sure what I would make. PRobably fingerless mitts for my sister-in-law, Maura.
Hmmm..grand prize would be easy to spend. YOM club membership again. I LOVED being a member before
Most definitely Kate !!-- its so yummy I just want to eat it but would probably just let myself make a clapotis out of it so I could wear it frequently --
I am a certain age where my hair had turned "silver" and I like to wear a lot of grey so I know Alana would make a perfect scarf or cowl. All of your colorways and photos are stunning. Alana made me gasp!
Oh, my aching head! How to choose?!?
I love Maura - I think I'd knit A Cardigan for Arwen - for myself! Or Erin - so beautiful, maybe a February Lady Sweater - also for myself! Maeve and Niall are also on my list, and I have to have a set of matching hat, mittens and scarf(Palindrome pattern) from Cian - wouldn't that brighten winter up! And I haven't mentioned Alana, which needs to be a shawl for my mom....
So you can see why I really need to win, right? ;)
I love Claire, but I think Devon would make a lovely Spring Things Shawl.
I love the Maguire yarn. Blue is my favorite color. The Kate yarn would be my second choice because it is so cheerful.
I'd love to knit a pretty scarf to wear next winter in blue.
I'd pick Alana, for hat-mittens-scarf set for DD.