Locally-Grown
Great British Wool. From Sheltand to the West Wales Coast - yarns that celebrate the beauty of the home-grown here in the British Isles.
Our Locally-Grown Collection
A great British knit. That feels good. Like really good. A proper jumper, just like your grandparents would have worn.
Real, natural, locally-grown wool from farms in England, Scotland and Wales.
The passion, the people, the craftsmanship and skills within the wool community here in the British Isles.
We start with the fibre and work with the natural dynamism and textures of the wool fibre - designing carefully to create warming pieces to really love.
A celebration of Britishness.
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We currently work with four different British wool yarns.
Two yarns are created by us in partnership with British Wool and two spinners here in Britain.
We work with a real Shetland wool sourced directly from Shetland in northern Scotland and a hearty British Wool created by the Yorkshire mill Laxtons.
Local people + Local product.+ Local purpose = Great British Jumpers.
+ Navygrey x The Cheviot - blends 30% Cheviot Wool with 70% Bluefaced Leicester Wool.
+ Navygrey x The Masham blends 25% Masham-type Wool with 75% Bluefaced Leicester Wool.
+ Navygrey x Real Shetland - 100% Shetland Wool sourced from farms exclusively within Shetland in northern Scotland.
+ Navygrey x Laxtons - a blend of British Masham-type and Bluefaced Leciester - the very first British yarn we sampled with before we even launched Navygrey.
From across the British Isles
The north, south, east and west of the British Isles, working with our spinners and British Wool.
Take a closer look at the breeds.
The CHEVIOT
The Scottish beauty
The Cheviot sheep is known for its soft, resilient and sturdy fleece. With a staple length of three – five inches, this wool produces yarn that’s lofty, springy, and just the right amount of crimp for durability.
We have previously used a 100% Cheviot Wool in our Hottie. One of the whitest wools within the British Isles, our Cheviot wool comes from farms in Aberdeenshire and the Orkneys.
See some snapshots from our field trip to one of the farms in Aberdeenshire.
The CHEVIOT
The Scottish beauty
The MASHAM
Hills and heritage
For over a century, Masham sheep have ruled the rolling hills of northern England, particularly in the rugged Yorkshire Dales and the Forest of Bowland.
Renowned for its resilience, lustre and durability - we've used this wool before and added it into the recipe to provide both strength and substance to the softer Bluefaced Leciester wool to give the garments more structure.
The MASHAM
Hills and heritage
The Bluefaced Leceister
The fashionable flock
One of the finest and most distinctive breeds in the British sheep kingdom - renowned for their striking appearance with grand Roman noses and long pointy ears. Their black skin and thin white wool on their faces gives them the name Bluefaced Leicester.
They are thought to be descendants of the sheep brought to England by the Romans and the breed's development apparently helped to inspire Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
With staple lengths extending up to six inches, it is one of, if not the finest wool in the British Isles.
The Bluefaced Leceister
The fashionable flock
Evocative. Hearty. Resilient. Wool from Shetland has a unique hand feel. It is incredibly warm yet also light and agile - just like the sheep it comes from.
Oliver, pictured here - a Shetlander and wool expert - is possibly the most knowledgable person you could ever meet when it comes to real Shetland wool. To work alongside him and learn about the wool's history, its role in Shetland and how we can get the best out of the wool has been so important to our Shetland wool journey.
Real British Heritage
A celebration of our local resources - we actually created one of our first jumper samples (with mixed success!) with a British wool - as we sought to recreate the one owned by our Founder Rachel's mother.
Wool has always been at the heart of Navygrey. It is a natural, inherently sustainable fibre that keeps us warm and the heating down - and it's right here on our doorstep. Homegrown wool has real value.
Mixing the heritage traditional feel with relaxed, modern silhouettes - is our approach. The skills involved in turning fleeces into finished pieces are highly impressive. The wool graders, the spinners and the knitters. And it is a joy to play our small part in the process.
The Future Farmers Fund
£10 from every jumper purchase from our CHEVIOT and MASHAM Collections goes towards our Farmers Fund, distributed amongst those farmers that look after the breeds of sheep that have gone into creating each piece.
We're working on new pieces for Autumn 2025.
