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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 already sent away for Maura on Carys. Its for me - for a cowl. I'm totally in love with this colorway. I've looked at it about 100 times. It will totally dress up my favorite jean jacket on those cool spring nights.
Devin. it's such a nice boy-appropriate color without being blue. In an ideal world, I'd make matching sweaters for my two boys, but my attention span isn't that long.
Or Maeve for me. I LOVE it!
Wow!!! They are all sooo lovely! But if I had to choose just one it would be Erin and I would knit it into a beautiful spring sweater for myself.
Every one is beautiful! My choice would be Erin simply because it is such a beautiful Spring color.
Alana is gorgeous too. How can one choose just one color?
I just love the colors of Brady, Connor, Cameron, and Kieran. But if just having to choose one, it would be Connor.
My eldest is a Konnor and I LOVE the colorway associated with it. I would want to knit him a sweater out of it. A nice crew neck pullover with set in sleeves. His fair skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes would make it impossible for even the non-knitters not to drool. Then again, maybe I don't want to make it for him.....
What a fantastic contest. Thanks Sharon!
I absolutely love Devin, and I think I would make a gorgeous clapotis out of it, because I have yet to make myself a good, pretty winter scarf.
I love all of them! I am really partial to nearly solid colorways. I have so many thing that I would love to do. But...if I had to choose, I would choose Niall and make Brooklyntweed's Druid mittens with itl. I think the blues and purples would look great with my black dress coat.
Oh my, I think I want to take them all home! If I can only choose one I would have to say devin (but it was truly a very difficult choice) and I would love to make a lacy scarf with it.
Your colorways are amazing!! My mother, sister and I are planning a trip to Europe next spring and I think Devin, Kieran and Erin would make lovely shawls. (My current knitting obsession). Maeve would also make a fabulous pair of fingerless gloves.
Definitely Niall. As to what it wants to become for me, I think a February Lady Sweater. The blues and purples are amazing! Right up my alley. Fabulous colourway!
I like too many to choose just one! I really like Madigan and I would love to knit it into a thin long scarf.
Connor.
Or Kieran.
No. No. It's Connor. Or ...
I would knit a nice snuggly shawl to wramp myself in the yummy colors.
Niall would make a beautiful cowl!
I really like all of them, but Kate is what I'd love to knit with for myself.
I would have to pick Kate, as my BFF had their third child (5 wks early) and that is her name.
What to make ? Easy - a cardigan and hat for the precious little lady :)
Niall is simply gorgeous!!!
I would want to make a Knitty Thermal from it, or maybe just a pair of socks.
I can't decide between Erin and Jack! I LOVE the bright colors!
I love Maguire, Fionn, and Cara. I'm thinking sweater. Pullover. Maybe some cables, but with the emphasis on the colors of the yarn. Nothing too crazy.
Alternatively, Niall really gets me. Again, sweater. For me, of course. With Niall, I'd do something plain and let the yarn shine. Long sleeves.
You might notice that I tend to accumulate yarn with no more plan than "sweater, eventually." But it's all good. Someday.
Kieran the colours are so bright and cheery and much needed on this rainy vancouver day. I would knit a spring scarf or a second whisper cardigan.
Oooooohhh, I just love Kieran! The colour is fabulous and I'd love to make Anne Hanson's new pattern "Maplewing" in it. The combination would be so nice. And if I won ........... a wonderful birthday prezzie!
Jack makes my soul sing! I would use it to create mushy peas mittens for my long cold winters!
I love Niall. I'd make a scarf....for me.
I would choose Maura. It is several colours that I normally don't think about, but in combination it is simply spectacular. I would love to make a spring handbag with it. Or perhaps a Clapotis--I think it would be lovely in that.
I pick Clare.... reminds me of my wedding, and the beautiful (expensive and painful) shoes I wore, which were that exact colour. I'd knit a retro-ish short cardigan/shrug type thing, I'm sure I've seen the pattern for the one I want, somewhere!
I would have to choose Kieran over Cian, but it would be close. I'd knit myself a cropped cardigan with lace insert panels or a simple cable decoration, and a pair of mitts, a hat, and a scarf to match, so I could work in style at my computer in the cold winter, and look great walking down to the village pub on my break.