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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)
Clare. It's a perfect color for a cowl or a pair of socks.
I love all the new colors! I can"t pick!! Hmm.. Jack is beautiful and Brady is too.
I would select Jack.
I wanted to name my 3rd child Jack but the Hubbie went for Jake instead.
The colors are an unpredictable mix that play so well together that they scream " BUY ME JENNIIFER!!""
I am a felted bag designer, I would use them to make on of my bag even more special. I'm thinking my 1/2 and 1/2 Bag would be be gorgeous. I would use a solid color to play along with the stunning Jack.
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I would pick Maura and make a matching set of glommits (convertable glove/mitts), hat, and scarf. I have to say that choosing just one colorway is really really hard! There are quite a few other colorways like Erin and Connor that I can't wait to make socks with
Kieran. Something fantastic. I might make a sweater, or a stole, or something. All your new spring yarns are awesome and it was hard to pick just one.
Maeve - socks for sure..but that's pretty much all I knit anyways.
This is like Sophie's Choice! But if I must, I choose Alana. Those are my favorite shades all together and what I am always drawn to when yarn shopping. In a perfect world (this would be the world where I am a size 6, right?) I would knit Coraline by Ysolda Teague with this beeeeeyoutiful yarn :o)
If pressed to pick only one, I would pick Niall and knit up a hat for my mom. However, I would love to knit with the Maguire, Fionn & Cara trio. I can see a warm scarf/hat combo for next winter. While we're on the cusp of spring here, winter is never far from my knitting mind. And while I could be generous with blue/purple, the blue/greens would have to live with me. Absolutely love them.
Maeve. I'm in love. A cardigan with short sleeves for myself or my sissy. I can just see the gorgeousness!
Wow! Your lookbook is absolutely stunning. They are all lovely but Maura stood out for me. I once had a close friend named Maura who would have looked divine draped in a clapotis of Maura. That is what I would knit.
Madigan. I'd love to see how that knits up. so funky looking :)
in a perfect world? a sweater for me. I'll only ever have time to knit one of THOSE in a perfect world, LOL :)
They are all so beautiful, it's hard to choose! My favorite is Clare. I would love to make a spring sweater or a clapotis, for myself of course. It would be too lovely to part with!
I would have to choose Cameron (although choosing just one is so hard!) I would make Jared Flood mittens and a cowl or hat to wear on an English winter day. The Cameron colourway would remind me of the scorched earth colours and the heat of the sun in Australia and and warm my soul.
Connor would be perfect for (sport weight) socks for me....and my birthday's coming up. ;) Just sayin'.
Maeve. Hands down.
I would make some knit capris for my baby girl to wear over her cloth diapers! With a cute little ruffled hem. Wouldn't she be adorable?? Wouldn't Maeve love that? Getting to snuggle up close to my baby girl, and play outside with her? And then be lovingly washed by hand and hung to dry in the warm sun?
oh- my husband just informed me our daughter is not a baby anymore- she is a "toddler".
I'd have to choose Maeve. The colors look so wonderful together.
I love almost all the colourways (except the orange one, no offence, I just can't wear orange without looking jaundiced)
Love the deep colours of the look book, very interesting combos in Jack, Kate & Conor, lovely greens in Devin & Erin.
Depending on the yarn weight I'd either knit up some soakers, scarves/beanies or shawls.
Clare caught my eye almost immediately.
It looks like a 4-ply so I would use it for a shawl or something lacy.
In DK weight I would buy 3-4 skeins to knit the Ridinghood sweater.
I would go with kate or clare. I love any thing with violets, reds, and pinks! I would knit a beret/tam with kate alternating each end and a sock with pretty lace patterns with clare.
I adore!!!! Clare!
I was just going through my yarn stash and realized I have too many varrigated sock yarns... and I was thinking 'I need to get some more 'solid' colors!'
So in my perfect knitting world~ I would of course knit socks! xD But to be more specific~ a detailed beautiful intricate cabled or lace pattern, because the 'solid' color of this yarn would show through! :D
I am already in love with Fionn. That beautiful blue, I would use to make a gorgeous, Spring-y and jaunty beret! It would remind me of better weather to come. :)
I LOVE Maude. I think I'd make a hat/neckwarmer set out off it; it would look so pretty against my grey coat!
I would choose Cian, because my friend's brand new baby is named Cian! So I would knit him a little wee sweater in his namesake yarn.
It's so hard to choose, but I think I like Kieran the best. I recently bought the pattern for the faux-gyle socks, and I think the suble shading of Kieran would suit that pattern well.
Yum, yum! They are all so bright and lovely, but without a doubt it's Alana that takes my heart. :) And I would make a simple, fitted, hooded cardigan with small ebony buttons and two front pockets. And seed stitch or doubled cuffs.
Thank you so much for holding this contest!
Kieran, it's such a gorgeous red! I would have to knit a shawl, something with flames! or maybe dragons!