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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)
The colorways are gorgeous, but the photography on some distracts from your beautiful work.
In a perfect knitting world I would need Maeve... and it would be a scarf for my sister who loves and collect them :)
Put me in the "I love them all" category! Connor is, I think, my favorite, the colors remind me of the sea. I'd probably make neckwarmer and gloves to wear when I needed something to make me smile....
Maeve - And I would try to find the perfect purse to knit from it! I love all the different colors!
maura - would make a lovely lacy item maybe a smoke ring, which works so well in my climate
lots of beautiful yarns in the collection!
thanks for the opportunity.
You do realize what an absolutely impossible question that is, don't you! I have been drooling over these since the moment you posted them - yes I do stalk your site for new postings, so I can save up and buy!
If I had to pick one, I would say Cameron - and I would make a pair of longies for my newborn due in June. We don't know gender and this one is gender neutral, bright, and would match a bunch of cloth diapers and shirts!
I couldn't decide between Erin and Maura. Erin would become either a neck warmer and fingerless mitts or socks. Lovely Maura thinks she wants to be a shawl or maybe a pretty little cardi.
i am in LoVe with jack!!! gorgeous! i would make a scarf or something that i could wear all.the.time!!
Very hard to choose!! I would have to go with Maeve...its just so beautiful!! As for a project: something gorgeous and lacy that I could wear everyday as a scarf, or dress up an outfit for a night out!!!
Very very hard chjouce - i think Clare would make a gorgeous Little Red (pink) Riding Hood for my little girls. :)
From Devin, Niahl or Clare I'd work the February Lady Sweater. Or die trying!
Niall. So rich and beautiful! In a perfect world, I'd make it into a cardigan.
My favorite was Niall, the beautiful deep colors in it would look great in a vest, or sweater I think.
Madigan, in enough yardage to make a throw.. For those cold nights :)
I would love for Connor to come live at my house.
I would use Conner to make a pair of longies or shorties for my baby boy.
Kate would be fun to play with too. She would make an adorable sweater for my little girl.
I narrowed it down to three, Maeve, Maura, or Alana, and I'm having a difficult time naming only one! My first choice would have to be Maura, then Maeve, and, finally, Alana. The colors are wonderful and photography fantastic on each of the yarns. I would love to knit a sweater but socks would be quicker!
This is a hard choice, I narrowed it down to three Clare, Kieran, and Cian. I would sooo be selfish and make socks for myself.
I know I'm only supposed to pick ONE, but I'd need to have a skein of Erin to make a scarf for my Mom (I owe her one for her birthday!) and for Me, a skein of Kate-- to make some gloves! Love those colors.
oooh, I'm having a hard time picking one! If I had to say there was one colorway I cannot live without, it is Madigan, I love Madigan sooooo much!!! I see the most wonderful soaker with skirty using Madigan and something darker for trim.
This is a tough choice between Madigan and Jack. I am really interested in seeing how they would knit up. I think Madigan would make a great hat and Jack would make an interesting cowl for those early fall chilly days.
oooh... i want to take all of them home with me! i think right now though i would go for grady, and make a cowl that shows off the beautiful colors!
Definitely Cameron.
I'd use it to trim a shawl-collar, cuffs, and pocket of a cardigan in either the crocus or red.
Or order it in the Wexford for an amazing clapotis.
I am totally in love with Devin, Maura and Clare. Given the choice, however, I would pick Devin as that is my 13 year old son's name and it is the most lovely green ever. I would make him some socks out of the colorway of his name.
Jan-- I've been looking for something out of the ordinary for a baby blanket. And if there's any left over and it's a fine enough gauge... socks!
It has be Maeve. I believe I could wrap my self up in a beautiful shawl made out of that color.
It would have to be the Daffodil...it's just so bright and cheery. Not the easiest color to wear, though, so at first I thought about socks...I do love socks. But I think I'd make a pair of fingerles mitts or a scarf so that I could see the bright and cheery color easily.