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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)
Ooh, what a gorgeous LookBook. Makes it nearly impossible to choose just one
But
I'd choose Jack and I'd make the Country Kiddie top by Pxie Purls for my 9 mo daughter
I'm in love with Clare.Funny, that's my oldest daughter's name too:) This long winter calls for a beautiful shout of color. Hard choice though. Love so many of them! Are you the photographer? Your pics really capture the beauty of the yarn.
I have three daughters. Clare, Katie and Kieren so they are the ones I would choose and I've already told them that this is "The Year of the sock" So socks it is!!
Yes.
Oh, okay… if I had to pick just one, it would be… um… Maura. They're all lovely, but Maura strikes me as the quiet kid in the bunch. The one who'd rather sit in the corner and read and is admired as "such a well-behaved child."
Not to mention that this colorway would make a lovely Baltic Sea Stole.
But that's just me.
I'd choose Jack and make a pair of Firestarter socks with him.
All of the yarns are beautiful, but if I had to chose, it would be Niall and would knit a little tank for my daughter.
My absolute favorite is Niall... it would make a beautiful sweater, or shawl... quite a few beautiful things actually!
I love the Alana.
I love Maeve. I think I'd have to make something for myself. I'm leaning towards some Maeve fingerless mitts for next Winter.
Maeve is my fave! (that is, if I have to choose just one) Thinking matching toddler socks and baby booties for the kiddos.
I would love LOVE LOVE to knit with Jack.....of course what Jack would want to become I don't know, something lovely though no doubt, even tied in a big knot Jack would be stunning!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the new LookBook!!!!!!!!
I give a thousand kudos to whomever put together the yarn with the props. It was so well done, that it made me want nearly every single one!! If I have to pick just one, I would love for MAURA to come home with me. It looks like a beautiful mix of muted pastels with neutrals. Sooo pretty!
I love them all. Devin and Erin both call to me. They want to be knit up into a beautiful stole. They both inspire me to create my own pattern.
Oh,so hard to choose! I think I'd pick Connor and make longies for my baby girl. But I love Madigan, Ian, and Jack too! I think I'll have to splurge again one of these days soon. Such wonderful new colorways!
Kieran is the clear winner here. The colors of saffron and turmeric and brick bring to mind warm summer evenings. This yarn begs to be a Luna Moth shawl, draped around one's shoulders while sitting against a log by the firepit on the beach.
I like those subtle earthy colors in Maura.
It could be a warm scarf for me.
Niall - and I would make a rectangular shawl that I could wrap up in when experiencing summer air conditioning!
It was difficult to decide between Erin and Ian, but Erin would be my choice, such beautiful colours that make me think of spring. The very early green colours in spring.
What would I make? A hat, just for me.
I love them all. I would knit socks with each colorway. I love Devin for a sweater and hat set for my new grandson coming in July.
Renate
If I had to pick only one, I'd pick Maura and make a February lady sweater with it. I really love all the combinations, though. Gorgeous.
If I had Fionn in fingering weight, I would make an Ishbel. Beautiful!!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE KATE. I don't know exactly what I would make, but after all the stuff I knit for the kids, it would be something just for me!
Connor. Socks!! :)
pick one? oh dear that is extremely difficult, they are all so beautiful. but......
Alana, in a beautiful spring cardigan sweater, some lace edging perhaps, or all over eyelet lace, with tiny glass buttons
or a small lace shawl in Cian to wear over a denim shirt on cloudy days, when you need some sunshine.
Erin would make gorgeous socks. I'd love to kick off my shoes in a grassy park and read a book in the sun.