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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 am in love with so many of them! I love Niall, Maura, Clare, Maeve, and Madigan. Do I have to have a project? Can't I just put them in a pile and roll around in them? In a perfect knitting universe, I'd be able to afford enough to do that. ;) Maybe a deep v neck vest in Clare?
LOVE LOVE LOVE Kate
I would make a sweater for my little one it would match her hearing aids perfectly
Cian of course! Beautiful, bright, WARM yellow! I would have to keep if for myself as a scarf and fingerless mittens to keep me warm in WI as I'm waiting for the warm weather. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL color!
I to choose Kieran! It's not only my son's name, but his (and now my) favorite color! I would either want to make socks or a sweater for my son using it.
Thank you!
I would love to bring Cian home with me. It is so colorful and sunny. And is just screaming a tam to me. Something to ward off the cold on a fall or winter day or to help with the chill in early spring.
It would absolutely bring a smile to my face everytime I wore it.
Jack! I just love it. It would make a precious hat! And some socks... sweater... a shawl.
I love all of the new colors, but find myself coming back to Erin. I'm thinking a lace scarf...
All of the colors are beautiful and it is so difficult to choose one. Narrowed it down to two... Devin and Maura. Devin would be a beautiful cardigan for my daughter. Maura would be perfect for a simple pullover like the hourglass sweater or something else to showcase the colors.
Connor would turn into a wonderful blanket.
I would love all of them, but I think I'd pick Devon for a neat summer shell. The colors are so fresh and clear they make you think of summer pastures waving in the breeze. Yummy!!!!
I'll bet you had fun showing off all of the beautiful yarns...and they are all gorgeous!!! Creativity at it's finest!!
I love Kate! Those are my daughter's favorite colors. a hat, a scarf, a shrug, I see many possibilities.
In a perfect knitting world I would love to take Cian home in Kells and knit a dress for a little girl. I can see her skipping in the park on a cool spring morning radiating real joy.
Niall is my most favorite, and I think it would become my very first pair of knit socks ever!
Alana would make the prettiest lace socks! I love them all but when forced to pick one I choose Alana.
I would sneak away with Maguire. That shade of blue would be the perfect, and i do mean perfect, Blue to make a hat for my eldest daughter. It would make her blue eyes and blonde hair pop. And she needs and more updated grown up hat for the season to come.
WONDERFUL new colors, very exciting!!
I love Kieran. My best friend (who taugh me to knit) is a "Kieran colorway"; she's both energetic and loves those fiery colors.
I would knit a lacy rectangular scarf/shawl for her.
Oh, man.... I love Clare for socks, or a camisole and Niall for a shawl... but dang, there are so many lovelies... C;
I love Maeve- it would make fabulous baby socks or a scarf
I WANT JACK!!!!!
I don't know if I could knit anything with it though. I might just have to carry it around petting it and making people look and admire it :)
I've had a day. Which means that right now I need the calming Fionn to take home and pet. After thoroughly admiring it from all possible angles, I'd have to crochet myself a soft and cuddly scarf -- you know, the kind that's perfect with a book and some tea.
Of course, ask me on another day, and I'd give you a different answer....
I would choose Jack and make myself some socks
I love all the blues, can't decide which is my fav. I can see a ribwarmer in the making.
Oh those yarns are beautiful! But Erin is my one true love. Reminds me of the Pacific Ocean.
And I've love to knit socks with it in Cary's BFL :-)
Crossing fingers.....squee!
I would pick Jack! I can see my toddler running around at the beach in a pair of shorts knit in Jack. So cute.