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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)
Not a easy choice at all! There are so many that call to me. But if I have to pick just one it would be Cian. I would make February Lady Sweater with it. Living in Alaska we spend so much of the year in the cold, dark and snow the bright sunny yellow would be just what I needed mid winter.
so many beautiful options...clare, maura, and connor are perhaps my favorites but of all i guess i'd have to choose connor in honor of my grandson of the same name and make a muffler/scarf or a hat.
Maeve, Niall, and Maura are my favorites. I think I would make any of them into a scarf or gloves so I could enjoy them every day in the winter! Maeve would make fun socks too.
Devin is lovely, and I would make some gloves. it's spring but it's cold; something in a a bright green with some ladylike details could be a palatable spring alternative to my black leather winter gloves.
The color combinations of your yarn are superb as is the photography.
My favorite is Cameron. I love the spiciness of it. It reminds me of a photo of an Indian spice market I saw.
I would definitely have to knit the yarn into some beautiful socks or some mitts.
Lovely!
My choice would be Devin as it is a healthy colour of balance.
I would knit the softest, most comforting and protective of blankets in which to envelop the most precious - the premature baby.
I choose Devin for for its aesthetic and evocative qualities and I would knit a paradise of clothes for preemies in these luscious shades of green as green is the symbol of hope, growth, regeneration, fertility and rebirth.
Green is the color of nature, fertility, life and is a most restful color which symbolises well being and harmony.
The harmonious strata of colour within Devin epitomises the master healer and the powerful life force of energy and it's variegated qualities change and transform colours to signify a necessity for growth - the complete power of the colour green, my favourite.
The colors are so beautiful! Wow! And to pick only one? It would have to be Maura to make a scarf/shawl. I may be the only knitter who hasn't made a Clapotis. Maura would be a beautiful choice!
I love Jack! The colors are striking and the combination unique! I would make a lacy scarf or shawl. Something that would definitely get noticed!
Definitely a very difficult choice!!
After much deliberation, I'm going to pick Jack, with Devin running a close second. Jack would be made into a pair of arm warmers with some sort of textured pattern - baubles and ribs maybe? I'm thinking of something like the Belladonna Sleeves from the AntiCraft book, but shorter and a little more understated. Just a little, mind you - I don't really do understated very well.
I love all of the spring colorways, but my current #1 is Cian. I really want to make a BSJ for my brother's baby from it. Its such a happy color!
Maura is my favorite. I would knit a little drawstring back to keep my lingerie in when I travel.
Conner, it's amazing.
I would make a hat for myself for my first trip to Colorado later this year. Rarely do I make anything for myself and this would be a treat :)
I love Maeve, well, I love MANY if not all of them, but Maeve is my fav. In a perfect world, i'd actually know how to knit really well and I'd knit a sweater or a cardi with Maeve. :)
It's a three-way tie between Maeve, Jan and Kate. The Maeve and Jan would definitely become socks for me. But the Kate would have to be for my Mum Kate, who likes pink. Great colors Irish Gals!
I love Maura. I would make my daughter a kimono style cardigan with it. Beautiful!
Maeve! i think a shawl...or i would stare at it for a long time hoping it would self-multiply :)
I LOVE Maeve! I'd use it to make a gorgeous scarf in a lacy pattern. Was hard to pick, they're all beautiful!
Oh, those are beautiful colorways -- I don't think there's one I like.
I think Devin and Niall are my favorites; I think I'd make a February Lady sweater with either one of them. But then Devin might also look really pretty as some Bavarian twisted stitch fingerless gloves too.
I really like Kieran too -- I think it would make a beautiful lacy wrap.
Alana is the best. So gentle & pink. I would make a cowl or a tiny triangular shawl to tie around my neck. It would bring back the blush in the cheeks that dissapeared over the long, cold winter. This is the colour of spring!
I don't even know how any fiber lover can choose just one colourway. That is by far one of the best yarn displays/catalogues/books I've seen.
I would love to do a simple, stockinette cardigan (with ribbed edges, and perhaps a lace panel along the bottom) in the Devin colourway. It is fresh, and very appropriate for Spring! If I didn't have enough for a cardigan, some leafy armwarmers would be wonderful as well.
In a perfect world, I think all of them. But if I have to choose only one, I'd make a scarf from Cara.
I'm a big fan of Kieran. It would make a gorgeous Leaf Lace Shawl
It's a toss up for me. I love Jack and Maeve. I want Jack for shorts possibly longies for my youngest ds. I want Maeve for some socks.
I think I fell in love with each one of them, but Jan is the one I want to take home and pet. It's the bright orange in a sea of blue that made me smile.
If the skein is unending (or if I could have more than one skein), I would knit myself a cabled cardigan with it.
I want the niall for some lovely socks