Navia

A Faroese business with family roots

Navia’s founder, Óli Kristian á Torkilsheyggi, comes from a family background in sheep keeping and knitting. Published accounts describe the business developing from a small venture into a yarn company serving customers beyond the Faroe Islands. That history sits alongside the company’s continuing presence in Toftir.

The Faroese connection should be understood precisely. It identifies the brand’s home and knitting context, but individual yarns can contain fibres from more than one place. A yarn’s composition and sourcing details are more informative than its geographical name alone.

What Uno Duo and Trio contain

Navia states that Uno, Duo and Trio blend Faroese wool with Shetland wool and Australian lambswool. They are pure wool, but not exclusively Faroese wool. Their different thicknesses and lengths allow the family to serve different pattern gauges.

The broader catalogue includes a separately named sock yarn with nylon, as well as other materials. This means “Navia wool” should not be used as a substitute for the exact fibre declaration when planning socks, garments or accessories.

To compare an alternative, start with the specific range and the pattern’s gauge. Keep colour contrast in mind for motifs, and calculate the yarn quantity from total length. Uno, Duo and Trio should not be swapped by ball count: their metreages differ. A washed sample helps establish whether another wool yarn gives the density and surface that the original design requires.