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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)
Choosing a favorite is like choosing a favorite among your children :)
I'd have to say Devin.
I would carry it around in my bag for a while just to show it off.
then I'd knit a spring inspired vest for me!!
I absolutely LOVE Clare or Kate on a Lindon Merino - Beautiful!
Oh my, how can I pick just one?! I think my favorite is Devin. I think I'd make a hat/scarf/gloves combo with it for my upcoming move to Colorado. I would also love to make Hermione's Cable & Eyelet Hat for my girls from Alana. It's beautiful and girly without being shockingly pink and/or purple. A perfect color combination.
The pictures are so beautiful, I would love to own a couple of prints to hang on my walls!
I obviously want ALL of the yarns, but if I could only choose one colorway I would have to go with Maeve and I would probably knit socks, but I would also love to see how it looked knit up into a wrap.
If I had to pick it would be Ian. I'd love to make a scarf or some arm warmers with this one. The colors are so vibrant!
All of the colors are beautiful and the photography makes them POP even more!
I would give Brady a good home and make my hubby some socks with it. All these colourways rock though!
They are all so beautifu, but how can I choose between Ian and Niall? Each would make a lovely cowl.
I would definitely go for the Niall. The colours are so deep and rich. I'd make a lovely little cardigan that would button at the top - it would add so much interest to any outfit!
I like Cian the best, but Alana is a close second. I would make knock-your-eyes-out socks with Cian. Or with enough yardage of Alana, I would make a lace shawl. Thank you for the chance to win some lovely yarn. Carol
I'd definitely pick Maura...and I'd weave up a beautiful scarf with it...that's right. I'd weave it, using the Maura as the warp and a natural-colored lace weight as the weft. Plain weave. Subtle and gorgeous.
I absolutely love almost EVERY SINGLE colourway. And your lookbook is amazing. I want to print it out and make a coffee table book out of it, just to pour through, over and over.
If I have to narrow it down to just one, Jan is probably my favorite. I love blues, and the contrast is great in that one. I'd probably make a pretty baby boy sweater out of that, maybe a BSJ or something similar that would showcase the wonderful colours.
Choose one? Only one? That is so hard! I loved Erin, maybe because it is Springtime, but then I saw her cousins Maguire, Fionn & Cara and knew they were the colors in my closet. But which one do I love best? And scrolling down, I came to Alana, with subtle shades of pink and mauve just perfect for gifts. I'm into making socks right now, and I think Alana would be my first choice. She'd be ready in time to surprise my always freezing mother-in-law for Mother's Day.
I love them all, but Alana would make a lovely fall dress for Carmella.
In my perfect world of knitting, I would want to bring home:
Kate - Sweater
Clare - Shawl
Maeve - socks
Cameron - Sweater
Alana - Cardigan
WOW! They are all so heart wretchingly gorgeous!!
I would first and foremost pick Erin. It is so me! just about everything I own is green. I'd have to make a shrug/shawl with it.
2nd, Claire and socks or hat/scarf combo would be my pick for those!
3rd Kieran I would need an afghan with that! so many choices but those 3 would be my first!
I'm downright obsessed with Kate! Kate in Carys BFL to make a delicious pair of Picky Pants longies for my daughter. That colorway just SCREAMS chocolate birthday cake with vibrant frosting.. And we're getting close to her first birthday!
love them all! maguire is so soothing...and kate just begs to be a rainbow dress for my little girl!
I love Devin and Jack!! Both are extremely lovely. I love both. I really love Cookie A patterns and probably would make Hedera or another one of her patterns. Monkeys would be wonderful for Jack and Hedera for Devin. Love, Love, Love this yarn!!!
Wow, all the yarns are amazing! I'm seriously torn between Niall and Kieran, but I would choose Kieran in the end because my closet is full of blues already. I'd probably knit a lacy scarf, something I could wear most of the year, because that yarn just *begs* to be shown off!
I would make a spring hat out of Alana, with a whimsical pattern like Mermaid waves
Any of the kettle-dyed ones really. Strong colors look harsh on my skin but subtlety is divine
Impossible! But I think Maura is so gorgeous, so I will choose that one as my top pick. I would make a baby sweater for my new niece out of it!
No fair making me pick one. Just one? Really?
Ok, if forced to choose it would be Kate. Kate would become a pair of longies for my daughter. Maybe one day one of the other fabulous colorways could become something for me. Maybe.
Oh It was so hard to choose. But I kept going back to cameron. I'd make either socks or fingerless gloves with it.
I love the lookbook, you did a great job. I love the Jack colorway. I also love that you named two of your colorways after Lost characters. (Well, I dont actually know if you did, but- you did. LOL!)
First let me say that I want to be your photographer...love those shoots, wow!
OK, so colorway - If I had to choose one it would be Conner, but please toss in a bit of Brady. On my grownup days, I'm gonna need Maura, Maeve and Niall...I love them all!