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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)
Maguire is amazing -- I love the simplicity, and blues/greens are my super-favoritest! Fionn is a close second, but in this case I think I like the darker version a bit better.
It would become a very pretty drop-stitch scarf that I saw recently on Ravelry (I haven't tried doing drop-stitch yet, but I think I can probably handle it by now). I'm still a novice knitter, but I'm slowly working my way up!
I'd also like to say that ALL of your colorways are amazing, and making us choose just one is like torture! ^_^
Grady!! it's the same colors as our cat, Athena!!!
I see Alana or Maura as a lacy summer scarf.
I liked Jack as it was a combination of two of the colorways I liked best. It reminded me of a pumpkin growing on a vine. Think I would use it for some colorwork - a kettle-dyed base and this as the color work - something with a flower motif.
Your work makes my heart pitter patter!
Niall...nice name.
I'd bring you back to your hometown and wear you around my neck walking along the seafront....not knitted nor crocheted....just as you are.....
Your yarn is beautiful and the pictures are brilliant! Though it was a tough call, I'd love to have Cameron in my stash. I'm thinking it would be a great open, drapey cowl or a fitted V-neck sweater, depending on how much I had of course.
Well, if I only had to pick just one, I think Kate would make an excellent pair of springtime knee socks. But since I can't choose just one, I also think Grady would make a cool scarf. Cheers!
I Love Jack.
I would love a scarf/shawl out of this.
I also love Maeve. And Clare. Madigan too.
Oh, man. I have to choose just one? Well, someone up there picked four... and going through and being VERY picky, I find I can also get my list down to four! So many of these colorways are so lovely!
Kieran wants to be a fiery lace shawl, knitted on larger needles and blocked within an inch of its life. A mantilla, maybe?
Ian would be a snug winter hat, either plain stockinette to show off the pooling or fancy texturework to break it up and make the colors interplay.
Grady is a sproingy cowl and elbow-length mittens in mistake rib, possibly double-stranded.
Cian is so gorgeous I'd probably just keep it in my stash to stare at and pet! No, I've got it. I'd make lace curtains for my room, which is blue with red-brown woodwork. It'd go perfectly.
Kieran is amazing. It's exactly the colorway I'm trying to incorporate into my apartment, so pillows would be my Kieran's destiny.
Jan, Cian and Cameron are welcome to come by my place too. I'm sure I could find something for them to do.
I would pick Claire and make a wonderful baby sweater out of it.
Oh wow, so many beautiful ones! I would make a hat with Kate, maybe a bag with Grady? Clare would need to be a lacy scarf or a tam and if I won the $150, I would buy enough Alana to make a cardigan!
The colors are beautiful and it is difficult to pick one.
But if I must pick just one,I would pick Brady. The yarn and color would look wonderful in a small triangle shawl such as flower basket.
It would certainly be Maura coming home with me. The subtlety is just lovely. And she would become the kind of cardigan you keep with you everywhere, almost a security blanket, not caring if she went with your outfit.
Or, at least, I wouldn't. She's too lovely to care.
Niall has my favorite colors and would make a beautiful pair of socks for me.
Maura is gorgeous! I would make a Clapotis, or a feather and fan stole...
That's a really tough question! While I can see myself knitting all sorts of things out of the new colorways, what I'd really, really love is to make Amused by Jordana Paige (with long sleeves) in Clare (preferably in the wexford merino silk base). But there are so many other colors that I would love to use for socks and soakers. It made it hard to decide. Thanks for having this contest!
I would take home Maura. It looks like spring. I would definitely knit some lacey, springtime socks to go with my clear Sketchers shoes to show it off.
Devin...Oh my GOODness, I've never wanted to knit with green before, but that colorway is beautiful!!!
I love all the beautiful colors! It is hard to pick a favorite, but I really like Jack. I would love to knit a new pair of socks.
Without a doubt, Ian is my absolute favorite!
They are all beautiful, though. Runners up have to be Madigan, Clare and Grady!
OOOOH I looked through the catalog twice, and cant decide between Erin or Devin. I absolutely love the colors, and the photography is absolutely amazing. I would make lacy scarf and probably wear it to sleep even!
I would love to take Kieran home, and, as it looks close to a lace/fingering weight to me, knit the new Aeolian shawl!
These are all gorgeous! I'd have to say Madigan, then Maeve caught my fancy first. Right now I have a "thing" for browns blended with bright colors. Since handknit sweaters don't get so much wear here in FL, I'd likely do a fun scarf, with these.