Talk:Faroese shawl

external link
"We're sorry to inform you that as of Oct. 31, 2008, AOL® Hometown was shut down permanently. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause." is what you get when you click on the link so I am removing it. Also, does anyone have another link, or does the person at the original link have another site? anon 08:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.192.191.236 (talk)


 * I added this link back in, since I found an archived copy. Feel free to replace it with a better online ref. Heddles (talk) 01:33, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Reference: Føroysk Bindingarmynster
I attempted to clean up the references, but found 2 books (3 if you include the translation) by the same name that are hard to distinguish. I'm documenting my findings here:

There seems to be 2 books called "Føroysk Bindingarmynster" [english: Faroese Knitting Patterns]. The Schoolhouse Press website lists 2 books:
 * 1) "Føroysk Bindingamynstur / Bundnaturriklæð with translation (Red cover)": the author is not specifically listed, but the description says "Originally published in 1983, the shawls were found in the islands by Elsa Baerentsenach." This is also sold with the Marilyn van Keppel translation booklet. Although the title of the page is "Føroysk Bindingamynstur / Bundnaturriklæð", the picture of the book cover suggests a slightly different spelling: "Føroysk Bindingarmynstur / Bundnaturriklæðið". I could not find mention of Elsa Baerentsenach anywhere else, but did see "Elsa Bærentsen" connected to a black-covered book that looks like book #2 below, but the details match book #1 (publisher: Foroyskt Heimavirki, date: 1983, ).
 * 2) "Føroysk Bindingarmynstur-Debes-Black Cover": The author is listed as Hans Debes, and no publication year is given – the website only says, "We began to import this color-pattern book directly from the Faroe Islands in 1972". I found online references to several different editions of this book.

There is a 1997 paperback translation by Marilyn van Keppel (ISBN 0942018125). It seems like this translation is usually sold alongside the first Faroese-language books, since it is more of an English-language supplement than a standalone translation.

In the rescued url from "external link" above, the bibliography lists the following (which seems to line up with book #1): ---, Foroysk Bindingarmynstur (Tórshavn: Foroyskt Heimavirki, 1983).

In conclusion: I am assuming that the 2 ambiguous references currently in the article refer to the Elsa Bærentsen book, and am correcting them to the following. Please correct me if my assumptions are wrong, or verify if you own a copy of the book/s:

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 * (Sold as an accompaniment to the Faroese-language original).
 * (Sold as an accompaniment to the Faroese-language original).

Heddles (talk) 02:11, 5 April 2019 (UTC)