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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 love these new colourways! Since I only knit socks, I know exactly what I would make, LOL! But the choice of colour isn't quite so easy....my absolute favourites are Grady and Madigan, and I'd have trouble choosing between them. Runners-up are Jack, Cian, Maura, Maeve and Cameron. One day they'll all be coming home with me..... ;-)
Wow, these are some gorgeous colorways! I would choose Maeve, but it's hard to choose just one. I believe I would make fingerless gloves or perhaps some socks, but gloves would be better because it's easier to stare at your hands all day than your feet.
Your lookbook is amazing and really shows off the yarn well.
These colors are inspiring, but I am particularly drawn to blue and yellow lately (hello Brady and Cian!). Like everyone else, I can now imagine a ton of lovely projects to make, but I'm leaning towards Jan as the square holes sweater by Iris Schreier.
It's so difficult, they're all gorgeous! I would have to choose Niall though. I'd make a tee shirt, tank top or a pair of Phoenix Mitts with it. Kieran would also be great for the Phoenix Mitts.
I also love Jack, Connor, Maura and Mauve.
Love your pictures and your colors! I think my favorite is Kieran--it's bright and brilliant. I think that I would use it to make a February Lady--I know, I'm a little past the initial wave--but I had other things on the needles!
Maeve in the Wexford Silk just looks absolutely delicious....and I'd love to make a cozy cardigan, so I can wear it almost yearround in the micro-climates of northern california....
My second choice would be Kieran - perhaps because that's my son's middle name, or perhaps because I love warm orangely colors (or both).....and it would have to become a hat for me, and sweater for him :)
I love the color combination of Maeve. In a perfect knitting 'verse, I would make a simple shawl in either garter or stockinette to properly show off the colors. Of course, the shawl would be full sized to cover my arms. Then I'd make matching armwarmers.
I love Maguire and would love to make a summertime cardigan for our foggy SF Bay Area weather! The bright turquoise would really pop through the haze :)
I love Erin - what beautiful socks I would be wearing next St. Patrick's day if I won that skein of yarn. Of course I would stop what I'm doing right now and get started on those socks so they will be ready when the weather changes. Beautiful green socks that would make my feet feel as if they were bare in the green grass. mmmmmmm......
This was kind of hard, but I think my favorite is Maura, who I would knit into a sweater--Garbo by Connie Chang Chinchio. It's a sweater and scarf in one, so I can cuddle and snuggle but still look like a grown up dressed for work. Or perhaps I would make her into a shawl. She would match everything.
I'm also strangely drawn to Jack, who would make a great Clapotis for me or a Wonderful Wallaby for the baby boy I have not had yet.
The first to catch my eye was Brady, but Erin, Devin, and Niall soon followed. I would love to make a lacy shawl with any of these colors. Or perhaps a cute bag. I would love Brady for the Maraschino Cherry Bonbon Bag.
I totally love Maura. It would make the perfect scarf or shawl (maybe a clapotis?) for my best friend. Can you believe I have been knitting for ages and I have only knitted for her babies but not for her? That's something I must solve...
Oh, they are so beautiful! So hard to choose just one. I love Maguire and have been thinking of using just that color for the Gathered Pullover. But I also want Erin for socks, and Niall for Mr. Greenjeans. Actually, there wasn't a single colorway that I didn't like in the lot.
It's so hard to choose just one! I think I'd pick Devin, and I'd use it to make a light, cheery new shawl for spring.
They are all gorgeous, but Maeve is by far my favorite. What a great colorway!!
While I think it would make beautiful socks, it seems a shame to hide it on feet, so I think a simple cardigan would be my dream project.
Amazing pictures too!
So hard to choose - I love Jan and Grady because I wear an insane amount of blue and brown. My inclination is to say I'd make socks, because I'm on a sock kick right now. But, I'd also love to make a beautiful lacy scarf.
I should love Jan, shouldn't I? And I do, but I love Maura even more. Maybe I should change my name...
I think Maura wants to be my Lady Eleanor.
They're all so beautiful, but it's a no-brainer for me. My son's name is Ian, so I have to go for Ian, and maybe make some socks for him. I also love the Erin colorway, which I'd use for me, me, me, maybe socks, maybe a hat...who knows? Thanks for this wonderful contest!
As my cousin is pregnant with a little boy, I would choose Conor to make him a tiny jumper. I've never had a baby to knit for before and I'm SO EXCITED!
I love Cameron and/or Kieran. I definitely would take either of these home. I never make anything for me so I would make myself some fingerless glove, yum.....
Ooooh! I love them all....but when I saw Cara I knew she would knit up as great Ishbel!
I'd chose Alana, and I'd make a lace scarf or stole with it.
You have so many beautiful colorways, it's hard to chose just one!
Absolutely Clare!
And I would make a February Lady Sweater of it. Gorgeous!
If I had to choose just one, right now it would be Devin in Riddermark Merino. It's the perfect color for the Owl sweater I want to make my sister.
I would love Maeve or Clare. In a perfect world, I would make a yummy giant rectangular wrap but in the real world, I'd probably make a cool hat like another Binary Cables and a lush cabled cowl.