{"id":13141,"date":"2019-01-04T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T18:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillsyarn.wpengine.com\/?p=13141"},"modified":"2019-01-04T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T18:58:01","slug":"hello-navia-uno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/yarn\/hello-navia-uno\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Navia Uno."},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Navia Uno, one of the newest yarns here at our shop.<\/p>\n

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Navia is a family-run yarn company from the Faroe Islands, specializing in traditional Faroese wool. Their yarns are now distributed in the US by our friends at Kelbourne Woolens, who traveled to the Faroe Islands earlier in the year and wrote a bit about it on their blog<\/a>. They also published an interview<\/a> with\u00a0\u00d3li<\/span> Kristian \u00e1 Torkilsheyggi, the owner of Navia, which gives more insight into the history of Faroese knitting and Navia yarns in particular.<\/p>\n

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Uno is one of the finest Navia yarns, a lofty lace weight blend of Faroese, Shetland, and Australian lambswool. Its 2ply structure gives the yarn a somewhat rustic appearance, a bit of texture that lends character to knitted fabric without detracting from lace or texture patterns.<\/p>\n

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What to knit with Navia Uno? This yarn would be right for many patterns calling for lace weight yarn, and we’ve collected a bundle on our “Lace weight”<\/a>\u00a0Pinterest board. I searched Ravelry for patterns that call for Navia Uno and projects that use this yarn, and found a few leads:<\/p>\n