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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 so many of these, but the saturated color of Brady keeps calling me back. I think it would look lovely as a lacy scarf with beads.
Maeve, definitely. And I would make beautiful beautiful socks, something with slipped stitches to make the colors stand out!
Bonny Kate and I would make lots and lots of socks!
At first I was drawn to Maura, Connor, and Maeve because these are the colors I'm typically drawn to, but then I saw Alana. I have the perfect pattern...a short sleeve tee with a subtle leaf pattern going down the front. So pretty and a classic...it would make me feel like a grown up. (I know I'm a grown up, but I usually don't feel like one).
There are four that I love and would love to get my hands on!
Brady & Connor
Erin
Devin &
Kieran
I would love some lace scarves with Brady & Connor, and with Kieran. A pair of socks and definitely some fingerless gloves with Erin and Devin.
I LOVE THAT ENTIRE COLLECTION.
They are al so beautiful, but I think Kate is my favorite. I would either make some socks or a fun hat and scarf and mitten set. The lime green helps bring a taste of warm weather into a chilly winter.
They are all so beautiful! If I had to choose--Madigan is my favorite--the colors are amazing and I'm intrigued by the "mosaic" technique. I would knit an oversized scarf or a shawl in a simple pattern (maybe I'd join the clapotes crowd;)
I'd choose Cameron for my first pair of socks!
I would LOVE to have MAEVE to knit up a beautiful cozy shawl/scarf.
Oh defininitely a fantastic open knit scarf made from Maura... something I could even wear in the summer on the beach at night.
All the yarns are gorgeous. I have heard nothing but wonderful things about your yarn but have yet to try it myself. If I had to pick a favorite, which is really hard to do, by the way, I would have to go with Kieran and Devin. I couldn't decide between the 2 and given the opportunity I would definitely get both. I would make socks with either of those colors in a heartbeat. Of course, my little daughter would look lovely in a crocheted cardigan made with your lovely, sunny Cian. What a hard decision to pick a favorite!
I just love Maura, it reminds me of all the different shades of Hydrangeas. Subtle and delicate but with a bit of a punch!
In a perfect world I'd knit some accesories for my wedding with it. The yarn matches my natural color scheme perfectly. Maybe some flowered headbands for my bridesmaids and boutenierrs for the groomsmen!
I like Erin or Devin - the colors are so beautiful! It is hard to say what I would like to make with either of these yarns. I'm really wanting to make some fingerless mitts and there are so many possiblilities with that! I also want to learn to cable, so perhaps the Fetching by Cheryl Niamath from the Summer '06 Knitty.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this lovely yarn!
My fave is Connor. This is such a lovely unisex colourway without needing to exclude blues. I would use this yarn in Galenas Chunky to make a little Duck Soup Jacket (hooded jacket) for bubba #2 who we are tcc atm.
I would pick "kate" and make a special scarf for my best friend Kate :-)
I love them all but think Erin is my favorite...I love the green combinations and think it would make the most gorgeous cabled sweater!
Oh. My. Goodness. It was SO hard to choose. If I could bring any home with me, I'd either bring home Kate or Maeve... because I adore most shades (especially pink, but also other pastels) paired with brown. Luscious brown! In a perfect crochet universe I'd finally make MYSELF something. I've realized lately that I crochet so much, but always to give away. With yarn this gorgeous, I'd finally make something for just me. Perhaps a delicious toque and scarf set with mittens? Such glorious yarn!
I think Erin is my favorite because it screams spring to me. I can see it becoming a pretty lace scarf or a pair of socks.
Oh, I would make some new Cookie A socks from Kieran. And I would never take them off. I love warm tonals.
oh my golly. i adore all of them, but particularly erin - i love green, and erin is my partner's name! i would definitely make a baby surprise jacket, which is my current obsession.
They are all so beautiful. I would take home Connor and Maeve - with Connor I would make a sweater for myself and with Maeve I would make something for my mom, maybe a shawl, scarf, or socks - she would love those colors!
I absolutely love Madigan. I love the color combo and the hand painted effect. I can only imagine how dreamy it looks knitted up.
Jack is genius! I already love the forest green & tiger lily colors, and can't wait to see how the mint and butter modulate between them when it's knit up. I would make a moebius cowl, because socks are too far away to ogle all day long.
hmm you have so many beautiful colours to choose from here.
To choose my favourite colour I would have to say Jack. The colours are so vibrant and playful and beautiful. And I would likely make some variant of the chickadee cowl http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chickadee-cowl because I think it really plays around with colour changes so nicely.
In close seconds: If you were asking what I would most likely be buying today, I would say it would be Cian because I want to make the bee socks from the latest twist collective. They're not really called the bee socks.. they're called netherfield but it looks like they have bees all over them http://twistcollective.com/collection/index.php/component/content/article/64-spring-2009-patterns/254-netherfield-by-kristi-schueler
My other seconds are Keiran because i know my mother would love anything made from it and Erin.. I would likely make Erin into some sort of triangle shawl.. maybe something like ishbel http://ysolda.com/store/accessories/ishbel/ OR I would make a baby surprise jacket out of it.. because I've never made one and it's such a lovely fun colourway.
Oooo Maeve is just yummmmy!
So I would choose to take Maeve home with me and pet it for a while...
The photography in your Spring LookBook is stunning!!