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Casting Off
On a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland, the fishermen's hand-made sweaters tell a story. Each is unique ? feelings stitched into rows, memories into patterns. It is here that Rebecca Moray comes to research a book on Irish knitting. With her daughter, Rowan, accompanying her, she hopes to lose herself in the history of the island and forget her own painful past. So...more
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Published
July 28th 2009
by Brilliance Corporation
(first published 2009)
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"Casting Off" by Nicole Dickson was disappointing. I realized by page 18 that this was a romance;not my favorite genre. But I did like many things about the book. The description and meaning behind the sweaters added a nice realism. Several of the characters were fascinating. Sadly they were secondary characters and I didn't get to know them well.
Sean's story held my interest the longest and was the reason I finished the book. Becky, the main character, was dull and colorl...more
Sean's story held my interest the longest and was the reason I finished the book. Becky, the main character, was dull and colorl...more
The attribution of code/ significance to various knitting stitches was a new and intriguing idea to me, and that carried me through the first 100 pages of rather obvious (stocking knit if you will) romance plotting. Dickson failed to engage me in her heroine's life or loves, but I did find myself gobbling the ending regardless. She managed to hit all of the important highlights of an archetypal tale of union and salvation, but she overworked her attempts at symbolism and psychology to a point ...more
I find myself thinking of this book on different levels days since I read it. Have found myself searching Ravelry for any guernsey designs inspired from this book, none, yet. May knit samples from the stitch descriptions/patterns and put together for a "Casting Off" afghan. Loved that the Aran Islands was one of the main characters of the story. Found the book at CostCo.
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Set on an island off Ireland's west coast, it's the story of an Amnerican researcher cominging her studies of the unique "Irish Fisherman's Sweater" stitches, with her own personal need to cast off old burdens. I'll have a greater appreciation of the variety of stitches now. Good story!
This is such a powerful, moving book that I know I will be thinking about for a long while. I'm grateful for the recommendation.
Enjoyable.
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